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Wendy Piatt

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Dr
Wendy Piatt
CEO of Gresham College
Assumed office
2020
Personal details
Born17 November 1970 (1970-11-17) (age 53)
Alma materKing's College London
University of Oxford

Wendy Louisa Piatt (born 17 November 1970) is chief executive officer of Gresham College.[1]

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Life

Piatt was born in Birkenhead, in the Wirral,[2] and went to convent school there.[3]

She was awarded a first class honours BA in English from King's College London before studying for an MPhil in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama and then a D.Phil at Lincoln College, Oxford.[2][3] Her thesis was entitled "Politics and religion in Renaissance closet drama".[4]

Employment

Piatt went on to work for the left-of-centre think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research, where she was Head of Education.[5] She then joined the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, where she rose to the post of deputy director.[3]

In January 2007, she was appointed Director General of the Russell Group.[3] In December 2016 it was announced that she would step down from her position, despite having been cleared after an internal investigation into her travel and expenses.[6] She stepped down on 1 February 2017.

She is a board member of the Snowdon Trust, founded by the Earl of Snowdon, which provides grants and scholarships for students with disabilities.[7]

In June 2020 she was appointed as the first CEO of Gresham College with effect from August 2020.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Dr Wendy Piatt". Governance. Gresham College. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b Wendy Piatt: Taking on the world The Independent, 22 February 2007
  3. ^ a b c d Wendy Piatt: The vice-chancellors' new velvet glove | Special Reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk
  4. ^ University of Oxford Combined library catalogue
  5. ^ Crace, John (14 November 2006). "Wendy Piatt: The vice-chancellors' new velvet glove". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Wendy Piatt to step down as head of Russell Group". Times Higher.
  7. ^ "Our board". The Snowdon Trust.
  8. ^ "Gresham Appoints New Provost, Dr Simon Thurley, and CEO, Dr Wendy Piatt (from 1 August)". Gresham College. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

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