Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe

Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe

Lucy Neville-Rolfe Jeanne, Baroness Neville-Rolfe , CMG , DBE (* 2. January 1953 ) is a British government official, business manager and politician of the Conservative Party . Since September 2013 she has been a Life Peer member of the House of Lords .

Life

Lucy Neville-Rolfe was born to a farmer . Her parents had five children. She grew up on a farm in a modest and financially difficult situation. However, her parents were interested in politics and had a good education. She first attended a convent school and later Somerville College at the University of Oxford . There she studied political science , philosophy and economics . She graduated from Oxford University with a Bachelor and Master of Arts in each of the subjects mentioned. She also completed a state training as a certified office worker (so-called "Chartered Secretary").

In 1973 she joined the British Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as a civil servant. From 1977 to 1979 she was the private secretary of the then British Agriculture Minister, John Silkin . She then worked in various departments of the ministry, including a. in the departments of European Community Sheepmeat and Milk (1979–1986), Land Use (1986–1988) and in the Food Safety Act Division (1988–1990). From 1990 to 1992 she was Head of Personnel for the British Department of Agriculture.

From 1992 to 1994 she was a member of the Number 10 Policy Unit , a staff division of the British Prime Minister . She was in the areas of domestic policy and judicial jurisdiction (home and legal affairs). From 1995 to 1997 she was Director ( Director ) of the Deregulation Unit, first in the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and then in the Cabinet Office . In 1997 she switched to business as a manager.

In 1997 she joined the British retail company Tesco as Group Director of Corporate Affairs . She was later there "Company Secretary" (2004-2006). In 2006 she was appointed to the Tesco plc Board; From December 2006, she was Executive Director (Corporate and Legal Affairs), where she was responsible for the management and management. She held this position until January 2, 2013.

From 1998 to 2008 she was Vice President of Eurocommerce (Euro Retail Federation), the EU-wide trade association and lobby group for the retail sector based in Brussels . From 2000 to 2005 she was a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Management of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office . Since July 2012 she has been the Non-Executive President of Eurocommerce. In May 2013 she was appointed to the supervisory board of Metro AG .

She has also been a member of the China Britain Business Council since 2005. She was a member of the UK India Business Council (2008-2013) and is now a member of the UK India Advisory Council. She is the Non-Executive Director of ITV plc (since 2010), a member of the Supervisory Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC Advisory Board, since 2013) and Governor of the London Business School (since 2011).

Membership in the House of Lords

On August 1, 2013, it was announced that Neville-Rolfe was to be made a Life Peer and a member of the House of Lords for the Conservative Party . On September 10, 2013, Baroness Neville-Rolfe , of Chilmark in the County of Wiltshire , was elevated to a Life Peer title and has been a member of the House of Lords since then. On October 29, 2013, with the assistance of Sarah Hogg, Baroness Hogg and Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood , she was officially introduced to the House of Lords.

honors and awards

In 2005, Neville-Rolfe was named Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG); this recognized her work for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In 2012 she was in the Queen's Birthday Honors for Dame of the Order of the British Empire appointed (DBE), in recognition of their services in the economy and in the nonprofit sector ( "in recognition of her services to industry and the voluntary sector"). In 2007 she received the European Women of Achievement Award .

She is an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford University. In 2010 she became a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (FCIS).

Private

Neville-Rolfe is married to Sir Richard Packer , former Secretary of State in the UK Department of Agriculture, whom they met while working together at the UK Department of Agriculture. Packer was her supervisor in the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs. She is the mother of four now adult sons. Her hobbies include cricket , horse racing , theater , art , architecture and gardening . Her personal identification features include striking blue strands in her hairstyle.

Web links

• Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Official website of the House of Lords
• Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe DBE, CMG, FCIS ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) - biography at Eurocommerce

Individual evidence

1. ^ Baroness Neville-Rolfe Democracy Live. Retrieved January 26, 2014
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe: 'We've got to bring the Lords into the 21st century' portrait and interview in: The Daily Telegraph, August 5, 2013
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe, CMG ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Biography. Official website of the UK India Business Council. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Dame Lucy Jeanne Neville-Rolfe DBE, CMG . Biography. Official website of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine . Retrieved January 26, 2014.
5. ↑ Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG Biography. Official website of METRO AG . Retrieved January 26, 2014.
6. ^ New peer Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe: I can be an example to other women in: The Daily Telegraph, August 1, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2014
7. ^ New members of the Lords announcedOfficial website of the House of Lords as of August 1, 2013. Accessed January 26, 2014
8. ↑ NEVILLE-Rolfe , Leighrayment.com. Retrieved January 26, 2014
9. ↑ Introduction: Baroness Neville-Rolfe Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of October 29, 2013