13 Facts About Maggie Carver

Margaret Adela Miriam Carver DL is an English businesswoman.

Maggie Carver is currently Chair of The Licoricia of Winchester Appeal and was recently Interim and Deputy Chairman of Ofcom, and Chair of its Content Board.

Maggie Carver was the first woman Chairman of national and international news producer ITN, leading horseracing organisation, the RCA, and the British Board of Film Classification.

Maggie Carver has more than thirty years of experience as a non-executive director on the boards of twenty organisations, chairing seven, and chairing or participating in numerous audit and risk, remuneration and nominations committees.

Maggie Carver then worked as CEO of Global Television Services, a television production and outside broadcasting company with a wide range of mainly sports clients, including Sky football and Channel 4 Racing.

Maggie Carver has served as Chairman of the British Board of Film Classification, outside broadcaster and media tech operator Race Tech, ITN, the RCA, digital multiplex operator SDN.

Maggie Carver was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to sport and the media sector, a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire in September 2022, and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Winchester in October 2024 for her interfaith work.

Maggie Carver was born in Sutton-on-Hull, Yorkshire and brought up in Beverley, where she attended Beverley High School.

Maggie Carver's father is Dr Ivan Hall, an architectural historian.

Maggie Carver attended St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where she received a MA in Biochemistry.

Maggie Carver was a keen sportswoman, representing her school, county and Oxford University.

Maggie Carver has served on the Advisory Council of the Rehearsal Orchestra, and governor of the Colville Nursery School in North Kensington.

Maggie Carver is an honorary member of Vincent's Club, Oxford.