Mary Marsh

For other people named Mary Marsh, see Mary Marsh (disambiguation).

Dame Mary Elizabeth Marsh, FRSA (born 17 August 1946[1]) is non-executive director of HSBC Bank plc and member of the Governing Body at London Business School.

She was the Founding Director of the Clore Social Leadership Programme from 2008-15 and the Chief Executive of the UK National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) from 2000-08. Prior to this she was a schoolteacher. She started her career as a Geography teacher at Luton Comprehensive School, and then became Deputy Head of St Christopher School in Letchworth. She was appointed Head Teacher of Queens' School in Hertfordshire and moved to Holland Park School in 1995.

Marsh is the daughter of George Donald Falconer and his wife, Lesley Mary née Wilson. She was born in Merseyside, attending Birkenhead High School and then the University of Nottingham, where she graduated with a BSc in Geography. She later obtained a DipEd from Hatfield Polytechnic and an MBA from the London Business School. A widow, Mary Marsh has four sons and lives in London.

She was decorated as a DBE by HM The Queen in the 2007 New Year Honours list for "services to families and children".

References

  1. ↑ Biodata at Debrett's

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