Emma Walmsley

Emma Walmsley
Walmsley in 2020
Born
Emma Natasha Walmsley

June 1969 (age 55)
Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire (now Cumbria), England
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
TitleCEO, GSK plc
TermApril 2017–
PredecessorSir Andrew Witty
Board member of
SpouseDavid Owen
Children4
ParentVice-Admiral Sir Robert Walmsley

Dame Emma Natasha Walmsley DBE (born June 1969) is the chief executive officer (CEO) of GSK plc.[1] She succeeded Sir Andrew Witty, who retired in March 2017.[2] Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a non-executive director of Diageo until September 2016.[3] She grew up in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.

  1. ^ "DIAGEO PLC – Officers (free information from Companies House)".
  2. ^ Kollewe, Julia; Farrell, Sean (20 September 2016). "GSK makes Emma Walmsley most powerful woman in FTSE 100". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Who are the six female bosses in the FTSE 100?". The Telegraph. 17 July 2017. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 24 July 2019.