Heather Hancock was educated at Park High School, Colne and Nelson and Colne College.
26 Facts About Heather Hancock
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Heather Hancock studied land economy at St John's College, Cambridge, gaining a first class degree.
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Heather Hancock was made an honorary fellow of the College in February 2019.
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Heather Hancock was part of the team which created the new Department of National Heritage, established after the 1992 General Election, where she was Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary, Hayden Phillips.
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Heather Hancock established the Millennium Commission in 1994, and served as its Acting Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive.
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Heather Hancock was chairman of the English Football League's working party on the structure of football from 1997 to 1998.
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Heather Hancock was the first female chief executive of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, from 1998 until 2000.
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Heather Hancock then became executive director for the environment and development at Yorkshire Forward.
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Heather Hancock was a founder trustee of the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust from 1996 to 2003.
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Heather Hancock became a governor of Giggleswick School in North Yorkshire in 2007, and was chairman from 2013 to 2019.
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Heather Hancock led the firm's global services to the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the global Olympic movement.
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Heather Hancock was a member of Deloitte's global leadership team from 2011 to 2013 as Global MD for Brand and Communications.
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Heather Hancock was a Trustee of the International Business Leaders Forum from 2011 to 2014.
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Heather Hancock was deputy chair of the World Athletics Championships and World Para Athletics Championships from 2013 to 2016.
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Heather Hancock was a member of North Yorkshire County Council's North Yorkshire Rural Commission to inquire into the sustainability of remote rural communities from 2019 to 2020.
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Heather Hancock is an independent non-executive director of Urban Logistics REIT plc.
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Heather Hancock became a trustee of The Prince's Countryside Fund in July 2021.
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Heather Hancock is a Trustee of the Chatsworth Settlement Trust.
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In May 2019, Heather Hancock testified before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee about the FSA's preparations for Brexit.
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Heather Hancock gave evidence on food safety after Brexit to the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee in March 2019 and in July 2018.
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In November 2019, it was announced that Heather Hancock had been elected the 45th Master of St John's College, Cambridge, the first woman to be elected to the role.
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Heather Hancock took up her appointment as Master of St John's College on 1 October 2020.
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Shortly prior to taking up the role of Master of St John's College, Heather Hancock resigned her role as Chair of the Governing Body of the independent Giggleswick School which her children had attended.
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Heather Hancock was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2013 New Year Honours, in recognition of her work with The Prince's Trust.
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Heather Hancock is married to Mark Hancock, who is chairman of Rural Solutions, a planning consultancy, and director of Talisman Capital, a property company.
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Heather Hancock is a director of Amerdale Ltd, their family company.