Virginia Beardshaw

Virginia Beardshaw is Chief Executive of the children's communication charity I CAN,^[1] a founder Fellow of the King's Fund Institute and a Governor of the London School of Economics. Beardshaw was awarded a CBE in the 2015 New Year Honours list, for services to children with special needs and disabilities.^[2]

Career

After working as a Health Services Researcher at Oxford University, Beardshaw became a founder Fellow for the Kings Fund Institute, writing the first Commission report^[3] after the new Royal Charter body was founded in 2009.^[4] She then worked for the NHS, where her final post was Director of Modernisation for London.^[5] Returning to the voluntary sector, she became the British Red Cross's Director of UK Services. She has been Vice-Chair of ACEVO.^[6]

Personal life

She was educated at The Mount School, York. She is married to Andrew Cahn, the Vice Chairman for Public Policy at Nomura, with whom she has one daughter and two sons.

References

1. "Who we are: Chief Executive: Virginia Beardshaw CBE". I Can (charity). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
2. "The London Gazette - Supplement: 61092 Page: N8". The London Gazette. Government of the United Kingdom. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
3. "Virginia Beardshaw, Chief Executive of I CAN". joereddington.com Disability, Technology, and Social Projects. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.