Amelia Fawcett

Dame Amelia Fawcett
DBE CVO
Born (1956-09-16) 16 September 1956 (age 68)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
Wellesley College
Occupation(s)Chairman of Kinnevik AB in Stockholm
Lead Director for State Street Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts

Dame Amelia Chilcott Fawcett DBE CVO (born 16 September 1956[1]) is an American-British business executive who is currently Chairman of Kinnevik AB (Stockholm) and Lead Director of State Street Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts). Fawcett is the Chairman of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a Governor of the Wellcome Trust and a Trustee of Project HOPE UK.

Fawcett is a former Vice Chairman for Morgan Stanley.[2] Other prior posts include Chairman of the Standards Board for Alternative Investments (2011–2019), a non-executive member of the Board of HM Treasury (2012–2018), Chairman of The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation (2011–2018),[3] Deputy Chairman and a Governor of the London Business School (2009–2018) and a Commissioner of the UK-US Fulbright Commission (2010–2017).

Fawcett also has been a member of the Court of the Bank of England (2004–2009) and Deputy Chairman of the National Portrait Gallery (2003–2011) as well as non-executive director (from 2007) and Chairman (2009–2013) for the British multimedia business Guardian Media Group plc[2] and non-executive director of Millicom International Cellular SA (2015–2016).

Fawcett attended Brookwood School, Pingree School, Wellesley College and the University of Virginia School of Law.[2]

  1. ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media. 15 September 2014. p. 35.
  2. ^ a b c Brook, Stephen (22 April 2009). "Amelia Fawcett named chair of Guardian Media Group". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  3. ^ "About Us" Archived 2016-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, princeofwalescharitablefoundation.org.uk; accessed 1 May 2013.