Suzanne Heywood

The Lady Heywood of Whitehall
Born
Suzanne Elizabeth Cook

(1969-02-25) 25 February 1969 (age 55)
NationalityBritish
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
King's College, Cambridge
OccupationBusiness executive
Spouse
(m. 1997; died 2018)
Children3
Websitesuzanneheywood.com

Suzanne Elizabeth Heywood, Baroness Heywood of Whitehall, CBE (née Cook; born 25 February 1969), is a British executive and former civil servant. She has been the chief operating officer of the Exor Group since 2022 and the chair of CNH Industrial since 2018. She is also the chair of Iveco Group.

Having sailed around the world with her family as a child for a decade, she studied at Somerville College, Oxford and King's College, Cambridge. Her early career was spent as a civil servant in HM Treasury. She then joined McKinsey & Company, where she rose to become a senior partner before leaving for Exor in 2016.

In the 2024 Birthday Honours, Suzanne Heywood was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to business leadership.[1]

  1. ^ "Awards for Birthday Honours List 2024" (PDF).