Helena Morrissey

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Helena Morrissey DBE (born March 22, 1966 in Bowdon (Greater Manchester) , England ) is a British manager and activist.

life and work

Morrissey grew up as the daughter of a teacher couple near Chichester and was educated at the Bishop Luffa School. She studied philosophy at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge , where she met her future husband, the financial journalist Richard Morrissey. They became parents to three sons and six daughters. Morrissey began her career in New York at Schroder Capital Management. After returning to London , she joined Newton Investment Management as a Junior Fund Manager in 1994 and was appointed CEO in 2001. During her fifteen years in running the company, assets under management rose from £ 20 billion to over £ 50 billion. Morrissey then moved to Legal & General , a UK fund management firm, where he led the private investment business. She is now the director of St. James's Place plc . Known for her work on inclusion and diversity, she leads the investment industry's diversity project. In 2010 she founded the 30% Club, a company-led campaign for gender-balanced bodies. She rejects a statutory quota for women in order to convince companies to voluntarily hire more women in the top management. There are now fourteen 30% clubs worldwide.

Awards

She is a Fellow of the London Business School and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge in 2016. She was named one of the 50 Greatest Leaders in the World by Fortune magazine. In 2017 she was named "Person of the Year" by the Financial Times and in 2018 with the National Business Award. In 2012 she was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and in 2017 to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).

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SURNAME Morrissey, Helena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Atkins, Helena Louise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British manager and activist
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Bowdon (Greater Manchester)