Heather McGregor

Professor Heather Jane McGregor, CBE (born 27 March 1962) is a British executive, journalist, and academic. Since 2016, she has been Executive Dean of Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University. She wrote a column for the Financial Times from 1999 to 2016 as "Mrs Moneypenny", and was the chief executive of Taylor Bennett from 2000 to 2016.[1][2]

Professor Heather McGregor

In 2008, McGregor established the Taylor Bennett Foundation, a charity that encourages black, Asian and minority ethnic people to consider a career in communications and PR.[3][4] She was a founding member of the 30% Club, which campaigns for more women on the boards of FTSE 100 companies.[3] In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to business, especially employment skills and diversity in the workplace".[5]

McGregor is a columnist for The Sunday Times.

References
  1. "McGregor, Prof. Heather Jane". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-284626. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. "Professor Heather McGregor". Edinburgh Business School. Heriot-Watt University. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. Glackin, Michael (28 October 2018). "A demanding role for 'Mrs Moneypenny' Heather McGregor at Heriot Watt Business School". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  4. "About the Foundation". Taylor Bennett Foundation.
  5. "No. 61256". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2015. pp. B8–B9.
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