Wendy Piatt
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Wendy Louisa Piatt (born 17 November 1970) is chief executive officer of Gresham College.[1]
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
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- ↑ a b Wendy Piatt: Taking on the world The Independent, 22 February 2007
- ↑ a b c d Wendy Piatt: The vice-chancellors' new velvet glove | Special Reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk
- ↑ University of Oxford Combined library catalogue
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External links
- BBC Russell Group's Wendy Piatt on university funding video of Wendy Piatt
- SciTech2010 Speakers biographies with image of Wendy Piatt
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