1. Dame Carolyn Julia McCall was born on 13 September 1961 and is an Indian-born British businesswoman.
19 Facts About Carolyn McCall
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Carolyn McCall previously served as the chief executive of EasyJet from 2010 to 2017.
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Carolyn McCall's Scottish father, Arthur McCall, ran the Far East division of a US textile multinational and her Irish-born mother, Colleen McCall, worked for the British High Commission in India.
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Carolyn McCall was educated in India and Singapore until her teens, then at a Roman Catholic girls' boarding school in Derbyshire.
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Carolyn McCall studied for a BA degree in history and politics at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
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Carolyn McCall applied to be a research planner at The Guardian.
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Carolyn McCall was said to prefer a "pragmatic approach to human resources rather than politically correct niceties".
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Carolyn McCall became one of five female CEOs of a FTSE 100 Index company.
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Carolyn McCall forced us to up our game on customer service.
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Carolyn McCall appointed Johan Lundgren, then deputy chief executive of TUI Group, as her successor.
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On 8 January 2018, following seven years as easyJet chief executive, Carolyn McCall became the first female chief executive of commercial broadcaster ITV.
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Carolyn McCall is a creator of BritBox, a subscription video service venture in partnership with the BBC which launched of late 2019 in the UK.
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Carolyn McCall was a non-executive director of Lloyds TSB between 2008 and 2009 and New Look between 1999 and 2005, a position to which she was reappointed in 2010.
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Carolyn McCall was a non-executive director of Tesco between 2005 and 2008, a position which she resigned from after Tesco sued The Guardian for libel.
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Carolyn McCall was chair of the Business in the Community project Opportunity Now.
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Carolyn McCall served as a non-executive board member in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy between 2017 and 2020.
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Carolyn McCall was named Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year in April 2008, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to women in business.
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In June 2014, Carolyn McCall was awarded a Doctor of Science Honoris Causa by Cranfield University in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the aerospace industry and her distinguished achievements in international business.
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Carolyn McCall was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to the aviation industry.