14 Facts About Edwina Dunn

Edwina Dunn is the founder of The Female Lead campaign.

Edwina Dunn spent her first three years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where her father, a former Spitfire pilot, worked as a chartered electrical engineer on a power station project.

In 1980, Edwina Dunn joined the London division of the American data analysis software consultants, CACI, as a marketing assistant, and was later promoted to Vice President.

Edwina Dunn wrote the book The Old Rectory Gardens at Doynton.

Since November 2018, Edwina Dunn has been a member of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation's board and was appointed as Deputy Chair in November 2020.

Edwina Dunn is a part of the board of Geospatial Commissions, an advisory board to the government of the United Kingdom.

Edwina Dunn has been a trustee of the Science Museum Foundation since 2013.

Edwina Dunn was a non-executive director of HMRC from 2013 to 2016 and University Technical Colleges with Lord Kenneth Baker from 2015 to 2017.

Edwina Dunn is the founder of The Female Lead, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing positive leadership models for women.

In 2020, Edwina Dunn bought the autograph suit of Sandy Powell at auction; she then donated it on behalf of The Female Lead to the Theatre and Performance Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

In 2018, Edwina Dunn received the Fashion 4 Development Award for Women's empowerment in New York City.

Edwina Dunn was awarded an Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Queens Birthday Honours for Services to Data and Business in the UK.

Edwina Dunn holds two Honorary Doctorates: one in Business Administration from Derby University, and one in Science from Middlesex University, Kingston and Bournemouth.

Edwina Dunn married Clive Humby in 1982 and has two children.