Penny Hughes

Penny Hughes
Born 1959 (age 58–59)
West Kirby, Cheshire, England
Education Birkenhead High School
University of Sheffield
Occupation businesswoman
Title Chair, Aston Martin
Chair, IQ Student Accommodation
Children 2 sons

Penny Hughes CBE (born 1959) is a British businesswoman, and the chair of Aston Martin.

Early life

Hughes was born in West Kirby, the youngest of three daughters in a middle class family.[1]

Hughes was educated at Birkenhead High School.[2][3] While at the school she represented the county at hockey and lacrosse.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Sheffield in 1980.[2][4]

Career

She joined Procter & Gamble, as a technologist, then moved to the sales and marketing department. She was then recruited by the Milk Marketing Board, and later joined Coca-Cola as a brand manager. By 1989, having successfully overseen the merger of the bottling interests of Coca-Cola UK and Schweppes, she was appointed commercial director. In 1993, at the age of 33 she became president of the UK and Ireland businesses of Coca-Cola.[5]

She has been a director of the Bodyshop, GAP, Trinity Mirror, Next, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Vodafone and Reuters. She has been a non-executive director with Royal Bank of Scotland Group since January 2010, and a member of the boards remuneration committee.[6] She is a non-executive director of Morrisons, Cable & Wireless and Home Retail Group. She is a trustee of the British Museum and president of the Advertising Association.

In February 2018, Hughes was appointed as the chair of IQ Student Accommodation, the UK's largest provider of student housing.[7]

In September 2018, Hughes was appointed as the chair of Aston Martin.[8]

Honours

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the media industry.[9][10]

Personal life

She has two sons.[11][1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Milk and Coca Cola make Penny Woman of the Year". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Business big shot: Penny Hughes, incoming non executive, Wm Morrison". 16 December 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Notable alumnae". gdst.net. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Sheffield, University of. "Sporting star and University graduate receives MBE - Latest - News - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Penny Hughes – Business Speaker". archive.org. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ↑ RBS Press Announcement Archived 5 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Curry, Rhiannon (18 February 2018). "RBS director to chair UK's largest student digs company". Retrieved 10 September 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  8. ↑ Neate, Rupert (10 September 2018). "Aston Martin names first female chair as it prepares for £5bn float". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 7.
  10. ↑ "Main list of the 2011 Queen's birthday honours recipients" (PDF). BBC News UK. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "Penny Hughes". growthcompany.co.uk. 1 October 2000. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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