Maggie Carver

Margaret Adela Miriam Carver CBE (née Hall; born 10 July 1964) is an English businesswoman. She is currently Deputy Chairman of Ofcom,[1] and Chairman of the Racecourse Association (RCA).[2][3] She was the first woman Chairman of ITN[4] and also the first woman to fill the RCA, and BBFC Chairmanships.

Maggie Carver

CBE
Chairman of the Racecourse Association, Deputy Chairman of Ofcom
Personal details
Born
Margaret Adela Miriam Hall

(1964-07-10) 10 July 1964
Sutton-on-Hull
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)William Carver
ChildrenSiena, Rachel
ResidenceHampshire
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
ProfessionBusinesswoman

Early life

Carver was born in Sutton-on-Hull, Yorkshire and brought up in Beverley, where she attended Beverley High School. Her father is Dr Ivan Hall, an architectural historian[5] and expert[6] on the architect John Carr of York. Her mother, Elisabeth Hall, came from a distinguished [7] [8] [9] [10] Hamburg family and emigrated to the UK in 1938. She attended St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where she received a MA in Biochemistry.[11][12][13] Her principal interests at school and university were music and sport. At school she gained a county scholarship to study the flute with David Butt, principal flute at the BBC Symphony Orchestra. She played in several youth orchestras including the National Youth Wind Orchestra (principal flute), the Anglo-German Youth Orchestra and the Oxford University Orchestra. In 1986 she studied the flute at the Paris Conservatoire Superieure de Musique, and subsequently gained an ARCM from the Royal College of Music in that instrument. She set up a professional wind quintet “Heirs and Graces”. She was a keen sportswoman, representing her school, county and Oxford University. Whjle at school she trained with Olympic long-jumper, Sue Hearnshaw at the Hull Spartan Athletics Club.

Career

After leaving St Edmund Hall, on the advice of her mentor, Lord Moser, Carver began working for SG Warburg, firstly in the Banking Division, then as an analyst at SG Warburg Securities in Tokyo, and subsequently in Corporate Finance. After leaving SG Warburg, she worked for Clive Hollick, Baron Hollick, Chief Executive of MAI plc (now UBM plc) in corporate affairs, during which time she helped establish and was on the executive board of Meridian Television, and joined the boards of Satellite Information Services (SIS), and Avenir Havas Media SA. She then worked as CEO of Three on Four Ltd, a company producing sports and music outside broadcasting including Sky football and Channel 4 Racing.[14] Since then she has served as a non-executive director on the boards of Sporting Index (Holdings) plc, Link Licensing Limited, Channel Five, SDN Limited, RDF Media Group plc, British Waterways,[15] the Eden Project,[16] Services Sound and Vision Corporation and the Horserace Betting Levy Board.[17][18] She has served as Chairman of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)[19][20] Racetech [21] and ITN.[22]

In addition to Ofcom,[23] and the RCA,[24] Carver is currently on the Board of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA)[25] and The Licoricia of Winchester Statue Appeal (Chairman). Between 2006 and 2017 she was joint owner and director of Carver Care and Mobility, an online and retail mobility specialist.

Carver was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to sport and the media sector.[26]

Other appointments

Carver has served on the Advisory Council of the Rehearsal Orchestra, and governor of the Colville Nursery School in North Kensington.

Family

Married to William Carver, whom she met at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, she has two children.

References

  1. Gov.UK https://gov.uk/government/news/deputy-chair-and-audit-and-risk-board-member-appointed-to-ofcom retrieved 15 October 2018
  2. "Racecourse Association Annual report 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/maggie-carver-entrepreneurial-women-are-ignored-because-of-blinkered-city-managers-h93t6zt7xxw. July 4 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. http://www.itn.co.uk/press-releases/itn-announces-new-chairman/ ITN Retrieved 17 January 2018
  5. Yorkshire Evening Post https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/council-builds-a-case-for-saving-carr-house-1-2196209
  6. Hall, Ivan (2013). John Carr of York A Pictorial Survey. Wakefield England: Rickaro Books. ISBN 9780954643959.
  7. Hans Liebeschuetz
  8. Plaut family p.17 http://www.avotaynu.com/books/PlautIndex.pdf
  9. Rahel Plaut
  10. Hugo Carl Plaut
  11. "Teddy Hall Equality Week 2016 | St Edmund Hall". www.seh.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  12. "Celebrating 3000 Women at St Edmund Hall | St Edmund Hall". www.seh.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  13. "Log In or Sign Up to View". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  14. https://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/hr/cdprp/women_leadership/biographies/maggie-carver.html Oxford Brookes University. 17 January 2018
  15. British Waterways Board minutes http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/media/documents/meetings/board-papers/Draft-BW-Board-Minutes-19-05-11-for-publication.pdf
  16. Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/Le6REqkroEptkyK7U_utRqFygUw/appointments
  17. Barber, Bill (31 October 2016). "Levy scheme sent for determination". Racing Post. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  18. Barber, Bill (8 January 2018). "Levy reforms latest: Sir Hugh Robertson named Racing Authority chairman". Racing Post. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  19. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/search?btog=chap&q0=margaret+carver Who's Who Retrieved 17 January 2018
  20. "Who we are | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  21. https://www.racetech.co.uk/about-1//%7Ctitle = Heritage |lang = en| access-date 28 October 2019}}
  22. "ITN announces new Chairman". ITN. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  23. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2018/two-board-members-appointed. Retrieved 15 October 2018
  24. http://www.garthorpe.com/racetech-confirm-sponsorship-for-point-to-point-pony-racing/Garthorpe. Retrieved 17 January 2018
  25. "About the BHA Board and Executive". Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  26. "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N8.

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