Ruby McGregor-Smith

The Right Honourable
The Baroness McGregor-Smith
CBE
Official portrait, 2019
CEO of Mitie Group PLC
In office
2007–2017
Preceded byIan Stewart
Succeeded byPhil Bentley
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
16 October 2015
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Ruby Ahmad[1]

(1963-02-22) 22 February 1963 (age 61)
Lucknow, India
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
SpouseGraham McGregor-Smith
Children2

Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith, CBE (née Ahmad; born 22 February 1963), is a British business executive and politician.[2] McGregor-Smith was the former CEO of Mitie Group PLC, a UK facilities management business, from 2007 to 2016.[3][4] She was nominated as a Conservative life peer in August 2015.[5]

McGregor-Smith joined Mitie as group financial director in 2002 and was promoted to CEO in 2007. She was the only Asian female chief executive of a FTSE 250 company at this time.[6] She was awarded a CBE in 2012 for services to business and promoting diversity.[7] During the decade she spent at Mitie, the firm increased its turnover by £1.5bn billion, which passed the £2bn mark for the first time in 2012.[8] In October 2016 a handover period with new CEO Phil Bentley began, ending in December 2016.[9]

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  3. ^ Cave, Andrew (26 May 2012). "Mitie's Ruby McGregor-Smith:. 'let's show support for our risk-takers'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  4. ^ de Vita, Emma (1 January 2010). "The MT Interview: Ruby McGregor-Smith of Mitie". Management Today. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Dissolution Peerages 2015". Gov.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. ^ Crow, David (26 March 2012). "The Mitie boss who says board quotas are not the answer". City AM. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  7. ^ Cisco CIO Summit 2013 Website
  8. ^ Crow, David. "Ruby McGregor Smith CBE". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Directorate Change". www.mitie.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.