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Baroness Bottomley is the aunt of former Labour MP [[Tristram Hunt]], whom she head-hunted to become Director of London's Victoria and Albert Museum in December 2016.<ref>''[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/jun/10/virginia-bottomley-interview "Big-name hunter Virginia Bottomley fights to bag more jobs for women"]''</ref> | Baroness Bottomley is the aunt of former Labour MP [[Tristram Hunt]], whom she head-hunted to become Director of London's Victoria and Albert Museum in December 2016.<ref>''[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/jun/10/virginia-bottomley-interview "Big-name hunter Virginia Bottomley fights to bag more jobs for women"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Affiliations== | ||
| + | *Director, [[Bupa]] | ||
| + | *Chancellor, [[University of Hull]] | ||
| + | *Council, [[London School of Economics]] | ||
| + | *Advisory Trustee, [[International Business Leaders Forum]] <ref>[http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees], International Business Leaders Forum, accessed October 7, 2007.</ref> | ||
| + | *Trustee, [[The Economist]] newspaper | ||
| + | *Governor, [[Ditchley Foundation]] <ref>Ditchley Foundation [http://www.ditchley.co.uk/the-foundations/the-ditchley-foundation/the-govenors Governors], organizational web page, accessed April 12, 2013.</ref> | ||
| + | *Patron, [[Volunteering England]] <ref>Volunteering England [http://www.volunteering.org.uk/aboutus/who-we-are/patrons Patrons], organizational web page, accessed July 16, 2012.</ref> | ||
| + | *Director of [[International Resources Group]] Limited, where she is Chair of Board & CEO Practice at Odgers Berndtson. | ||
| + | *Member of the International Advisory Council of [[Chugai Pharmaceutical]] Co. | ||
| + | *Chancellor of [[University of Hull]] | ||
| + | *Sheriff of Kingston upon Hull | ||
| + | *Director, [[Smith & Nephew plc]] <ref>Smith & Nephew plc [https://www.smith-nephew.com/about-us/who-we-are/our-board/roberto-quarta/ Board], organizational web page, accessed April 3, 2020.</ref> | ||
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 Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone      | |
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 Baroness Bottomley head-hunted nephew Tristram Hunt and bequeathed her Surrey seat to cousin Jeremy Hunt | |
| Born | Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Garnett 12 March 1948 Dunoon, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Essex, London School of Economics |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Member of | Ditchley/Governors, Ditchley/UK |
| Party | Conservative |
Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, (née Garnett) is a British Conservative Party politician. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Surrey from 1984 to 2005, when her cousin Jeremy Hunt inherited the constituency. Virginia was then ennobled and became Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone.[1]
She now lobbies on behalf of the private health sector, was a director of BUPA between 2007-2013 and currently Smith and Nephew. Previously she was a member of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel NV from 2000–12, and is a Trustee of the Economist.
As part of her pro-bono activities, Baroness Bottomley is Chancellor of the University of Hull. She was a Governor of the London School of Economics for 31 years. She is a member of the UK Advisory Council of the International Chamber of Commerce. She is Chair of Board Practice at executive head-hunting firm Odgers Berndtson where she has been since 2000.
Baroness Bottomley is the aunt of former Labour MP Tristram Hunt, whom she head-hunted to become Director of London's Victoria and Albert Museum in December 2016.[2]
Affiliations
- Director, Bupa
- Chancellor, University of Hull
- Council, London School of Economics
- Advisory Trustee, International Business Leaders Forum [3]
- Trustee, The Economist newspaper
- Governor, Ditchley Foundation [4]
- Patron, Volunteering England [5]
- Director of International Resources Group Limited, where she is Chair of Board & CEO Practice at Odgers Berndtson.
- Member of the International Advisory Council of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.
- Chancellor of University of Hull
- Sheriff of Kingston upon Hull
- Director, Smith & Nephew plc [6]
References
- ↑ "The Hunt Bottomley link"
- ↑ "Big-name hunter Virginia Bottomley fights to bag more jobs for women"
- ↑ Board of Trustees, International Business Leaders Forum, accessed October 7, 2007.
- ↑ Ditchley Foundation Governors, organizational web page, accessed April 12, 2013.
- ↑ Volunteering England Patrons, organizational web page, accessed July 16, 2012.
- ↑ Smith & Nephew plc Board, organizational web page, accessed April 3, 2020.
