Louise Makin

Dame Pamela Louise Makin, DBE (born November 1960) is a British businesswoman.

Dame Louise Makin
DBE
Born
Pamela Louise Makin

November 1960
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge

Early life

Pamela Louise Makin was born in November 1960.[1] She attended The Queen's School, Chester before going on to receive an MA in Natural Sciences and a PhD in Metallurgy, both from the University of Cambridge (Newnham College and St John's College),[2] and an MBA.[3]

Career

Makin was the chief executive officer of BTG PLC from 17 September 2004 To 2019. She served as the president for biopharmaceuticals Europe at Baxter Healthcare since 2001, where she was responsible for sales in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Makin joined Baxter Healthcare in 2000 as vice president of strategy and business development Europe.[3]

Before joining Baxter, she was a director for global ceramics of English China Clay and prior to that she held a variety of roles at ICI between 1985 and 1998[4].

She has been a non-executive director of Intertek Group plc since 1 July 2012, a non-executive director of the Woodford Patient Capital Trust[5], a trustee of the Outward Bound Trust[6], and chair of the 1851 Trust.[7]. She was previously a non-executive director at Premier Foods PLC from October 2006 to September 2012.[1][3][8]

Honours

In the 2014 Birthday Honours, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

She is an honorary fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge.[9]

References
  1. "BTG plc". Companies House. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. "Dame Louise Makin elected as Honorary Fellow of St John's". Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. "Pamela Louise Makin MA, PhD, MBA". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. "BTG plc | Leadership Team". btgplc.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  5. "Board of directors - Woodford Investment Management Ltd". Woodford Investment Management Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  6. "Outward Bound Trust : Our Trustees". Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  7. "Dame Louise Makin appointed as new Chair of the 1851 Trust following successful year - 1851 Trust". 1851 Trust. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  8. FoodManufacture.co.uk. "Board member retires from Premier Foods". FoodManufacture.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  9. "Honorary Fellows of the College | St John's College, Cambridge". St John. Retrieved 2017-07-20.


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