Mary Marsh

For other people named Mary Marsh, see Mary Marsh (disambiguation).

Dame Mary Marsh
Born	Mary Elizabeth Marsh (1946-08-17) 17 August 1946 (age 78)
Nationality	British
Education	Birkenhead High School
Alma mater	University of Nottingham Hatfield Polytechnic London Business School.
Occupation(s)	Activist, academic
Board member of	HSBC
Children	4

Dame Mary Elizabeth Marsh DBE FRSA (born 17 August 1946^[1]) is non-executive director of HSBC Bank plc and member of the governing body at London Business School. She is chair of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) board of trustees.^[2]

Early life

Marsh is the daughter of George Donald Falconer and his wife, Lesley Mary Wilson. She attended Birkenhead High School and then the University of Nottingham, where she graduated with a BSc in Geography. She later obtained a DipEd from Hatfield Polytechnic, and an MBA from the London Business School.^{[citation needed]}

Career

She started her career as a geography teacher at Luton Comprehensive School, and then became deputy head of St Christopher School in Letchworth.^{[citation needed]} She was appointed head teacher of Queens' School in Hertfordshire, and moved to Holland Park School in 1995. She was the founding director of the Clore Social Leadership Programme from 2008 to 2015, and the chief executive of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) from 2000 to 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

She was decorated as a DBE by HM The Queen in the 2007 New Year Honours list for "services to families and children".^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

A widow, Marsh has four sons and lives in London.

References

1. Biodata at Debrett's Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Dame Mary Marsh appointed to chair new RCPCH Board of Trustees | RCPCH". www.rcpch.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

External links

• Biodata
• Marsh wins achievement award