Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE

Member Nominated Director

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Elected as a Member Nominated Director on 21 May 2016 and re-elected in 2018 and 2020.

Committee membership

  • Remuneration Committee
  • Nominations Committee

Skills and experience

Margaret is a qualified lawyer of over 30 years standing, was the Director of Legal Services for the John Lewis Partnership for 9 years and on the Board of the British Retail Consortium for 4 years to 2014. During her term on the Board of NHS England she was one of the directors who promoted and championed 'NHS Citizen' a new listening structure for the NHS that enabled proper consultation and collaboration.

Margaret is currently Chancellor of the University of Coventry, a member of the Institute of Directors’ Governance Advisory Board, Chair of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, is an adviser to a number of social enterprises including the Better Business Initiative; and is a champion of diversity, equity and inclusion.