Dame Fiona Claire Reynolds was born on 29 March 1958 and is a British former civil servant and chair of the National Audit Office.
20 Facts About Fiona Reynolds
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Fiona Reynolds was previously master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and director-general of the National Trust.
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Fiona Claire Reynolds was born on 29 March 1958 in Alston, Cumbria, England.
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Fiona Reynolds studied geography and land economy at Newnham College, Cambridge.
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Fiona Reynolds graduated from the University of Cambridge with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979; as per tradition, her BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts degree.
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Fiona Reynolds graduated with a Master of Philosophy degree in land economy; a Cambridge MPhil is equivalent to a taught Master of Arts degree from non-ancient universities.
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Fiona Reynolds joined the Cabinet Office as director of the Women's Unit in 1998.
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Fiona Reynolds became director general of the National Trust in 2001.
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Fiona Reynolds was admitted to her new post in October 2012, although was granted a leave of absence until October 2013.
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In July 2020, the government announced that Fiona Reynolds had been appointed as the next chair of the National Audit Office, a position she took up in January 2021.
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Fiona Reynolds was succeeded as Master of Emmanuel College by Douglas Chalmers in October 2021.
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In January 2022 Fiona Reynolds became chair of governing council at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, after having served as vice-chair since March 2021.
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Fiona Reynolds remains in the position as of September 2024.
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Fiona Reynolds became a non-executive director of the BBC in January 2012 and Senior Independent Director in December 2012.
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Fiona Reynolds joined the board of Wessex Water as a non-executive director in August 2012.
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Fiona Reynolds was chair of the judging panel for the Wainright Prize for nature writing in 2016, and in the same year succeeded Julia Bradbury as president of the Friends of the Peak District.
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In 1998, Fiona Reynolds was made a Commander of the British Empire.
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Fiona Reynolds was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours for "services to heritage and conservation".
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Fiona Reynolds was awarded the degree of Honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Warwick in January 2013.
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In July 2022, Fiona Reynolds received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Royal Holloway, University of London, "for her achievements in the voluntary and public sectors, her leadership in higher education and her passionate advocacy for landscape, conservation and historical geography".