Alannah Elizabeth Weston was born on January 8,1972 and is an Irish-Canadian businesswoman who is the former chairman of the Selfridges Group.
15 Facts About Alannah Weston
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Alannah Weston is a member of the Weston family and serves as a director of the family's holding company, Wittington Investments.
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Alannah Weston is the elder child of Galen Weston and his wife, Hilary.
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Alannah Weston has one sibling, younger brother Galen Weston Jr.
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Alannah Weston is a citizen of both Ireland and Canada.
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Alannah Weston is married to Alex Cochrane, with whom she has two children.
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Alannah Weston attended Havergal College in Toronto and studied English literature at Merton College, Oxford.
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Alannah Weston left journalism in 1999 to work for Rose Marie Bravo at luxury fashion brand Burberry, where she was head of press.
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In 2001, Alannah Weston left Burberry to establish her own design agency, Zephyr Projects.
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In 2004, Alannah Weston became creative director of Selfridges department store in London.
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Alannah Weston was appointed deputy chair of the Selfridges Group in 2014 and joined the board of directors of George Weston Limited in 2016.
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Alannah Weston became the chair of the Selfridges Group in 2019.
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From 2012 to 2017, Alannah Weston was a director of the Blue Marine Foundation, a British marine conservation charity.
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Alannah Weston led the Selfridges Group Foundation and is a trustee of the Garfield Weston Foundation.
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Alannah Weston is a director of the Reta Lila Howard Foundation, which is named after her paternal grandmother.