Eve Poole (author)

Eve Poole
Poole in 2014
Third Church Estates Commissioner
In office
2018–2022
Preceded byAndrew Mackie
Succeeded byFlora Winfield
Personal details
Born (1972-02-05) 5 February 1972 (age 52)
St Andrews, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Nathan Percival
(m. 2007)
ChildrenTwo
Alma mater
ProfessionAuthor
WebsiteOfficial website

Catherine Eve Poole OBE (born 5 February 1972) is a British writer and Executive Chair of Woodard Schools. She was Interim CEO of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland in 2023-4, and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022. Prior to that, she was the Third Church Estates Commissioner from April 2018 to October 2021, one of the most senior lay people in the Church of England.[1] She was the first female Chairman of the Board of Governors at Gordonstoun, a private school in Moray, Scotland, from 2015-2021.[2] Her books include Robot Souls, Capitalism's Toxic Assumptions and Leadersmithing. She received an OBE for services to education and gender equality in the 2023 New Year Honours List.[3]

  1. ^ "Dr Eve Poole to be the next Third Church Estates Commissioner". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "Gordonstoun - Board of Governors". www.gordonstoun.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. ^ "Page N15 | Supplement 63918, 31 December 2022 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-02.