Johanna Waterous
Johanna Elizabeth Martin Waterous CBE (born September 1957) is a London-based Canadian businesswoman.
Johanna Waterous | |
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Born | Johanna Elizabeth Martin Waterous September 1957 (age 62) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Western Ontario Harvard Business School |
Occupation | Businesswoman |
Spouse(s) | Roger Parry |
Early life
Johanna Elizabeth Martin Waterous was born in September 1957[1] in Brantford, Ontario,[2] Canada.[3] She graduated from the University of Western Ontario[3] with an H.B.Sc.[4] She received a Master in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1985.[3]
Business career
Waterous worked for Dow Chemical for five years.[5] Following business school, she joined McKinsey & Company in London, where show worked for over two decades.[6][7] She ultimately became the Leader of its European Retail and Co-Head of its Global Consumer Marketing practice by 2007.[8][7]
Waterous was an operating partner of Duke Street Capital, a private equity firm based in London;[3] she was Chairman of Sandpiper CI until 2017,[6] which was co-owned by Duke Street Capital and Europa Capital.[9]
Waterous was a Non-Executive Director of Wm Morrisons PLC (2016), and the Senior Independent Director of Rexam PLC (2017) and RSA Insurance Group PLC (2018).[10][6][11] Additionally, she served on the Board of Directors of Shoppers Drug Mart.[6]
She is presently an independent director on the Boards of COFRA Holdings AG, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, C. Hoare & Co. Bank, and Rubicon Pharmacies in Canada.[4][10]
Philanthropy
She served as the Chairman of Tate Enterprises, the commercial arm of the Tate galleries, from 1998 to 2006.[6][7]
Waterous was a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Foundation,[7][12] and Director of Kew Enterprises from 2008 to 2018.
By 2012, Waterous had donated £4,000 to the Conservative Party.[11]
She was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for Services To Business Growth, in the 2013 New Year Honours.[11]
She is a Fellow of and a Director on the Commercial Board of the Royal Horticultural Society.[2][13]
Waterous is also a Trustee and Governor of the Governing Board of The Courtauld Institute.[14]
Personal life
Waterous has one son and is married to media and technology entrepreneur Roger Parry.[15][5]
References
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- "BOARD OF DIRECTORS". RSA Insurance Group. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- "Board Members' Biographies". Morrisons. September 4, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- McGregor, Heather (September 28, 2007). "Glass elevator: Alternative routes to the top". Financial Times. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- "CORPORATE". SandpiperCI. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- "Johanna Waterous". LinkedIn. Feb 26, 2019. Retrieved Feb 26, 2019.
- Mason, Rowena (December 29, 2012). "New Year Honours List 2013: Tory donors get gongs: Property tycoons who have given more than £160,000 to the Conservative Party have been given awards in today's New Year Honours List". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- "About Kew Foundation". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- "R.H.S. ENTERPRISES LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
- "The Courtauld appoints seven new Trustees to Governing Board". The Courtauld Institute of Art. 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
- "UK: HE'S ON TOP, SHE'S ON TOP - This is the age of the power couple While celebrities may dominate the ..." managementtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.