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Margaret Casely-Hayford
CBE
Born
Margaret Henrietta Augusta Casely-Hayford

1954 (age 69–70)
London, England
Alma mater Somerville College, Oxford, Inns of Court School of Law
Occupation(s)Lawyer, businesswoman and public figure
Relatives J. E. Casely Hayford (grandfather)
Gus Casely-Hayford and Joe Casely-Hayford (brothers)
Website margaretcasely-hayford.com Edit this at Wikidata

Margaret Henrietta Augusta Casely-Hayford [1] CBE (born 1959) [2] is a British lawyer, businesswoman and public figure who is active in the voluntary sector. She is Chancellor of Coventry University, [3] chairs the board of trustees of Shakespeare's Globe, [4] and was formerly chair of ActionAid UK and company secretary and head of legal services for leading retailers the John Lewis Partnership. [5] [6] [7] She is in the forefront of working to create diversity on boards. [8] [9]

Biography

Margaret Casely-Hayford was born in London, England, into the prominent Ghanaian Casely-Hayford family: the daughter of Victor Casely-Hayford, [1] an accountant who had trained as a barrister, [2] her grandfather was the Gold Coast lawyer, writer and politician J. E. Casely Hayford, and her brothers are historian Gus Casely-Hayford, designer Joe Casely-Hayford and Peter Casely-Hayford, formerly managing director of TV production company Twenty Twenty. [6] [10] [11] In 2008, the Casely-Hayfords were named on "The Black Powerlist" as the most influential black family in the UK. [7]

Casely-Hayford studied law at Somerville College, Oxford, graduating in 1982, and did her Bar finals at the Inns of Court School of Law, being called to the Bar in 1983 ( Gray's Inn). [2] [12] She worked for 20 years with the law firm Dentons, where she was made a Partner, becoming the first black woman to hold such a position in a City firm. [6] She specialised in planning matters, and in 1995 wrote a book, Practical Planning: Permission and the Application. [13]

From 2000 to 2008, she was a government-appointed trustee of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital Charity and of the Geffrye Museum and was on the development board of the Young Vic theatre. [14] During 2012–16, she was a non-executive director of NHS England, and on the Board of the British Retail Consortium. She also serves on the Metropolitan Police panel overseeing the investigation into police corruption. [15] She is in the forefront of working to create diversity on boards. [7] [8]

For nine years, until 2014, she was Director of Legal Services and Company Secretary for the John Lewis Partnership. [15] She was also on the Board of the British Retail Consortium for four years to 2014. [16]

She became Chair of the charity ActionAid UK in 2014, and in 2016 she became a member-nominated Director of The Co-op. [16] She is an ambassador of Board Apprentice and Chairs the advisory board of Ultra Education, working to develop young entrepreneurs, and a non-executive director of WetZebra Media. [8] She is also a trustee of The Radcliffe Trust, one of Britain's oldest charities supporting classical music performance and training, [17]

She chaired the diversity review conducted by CILIP in 2017 into the awarding of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. [18] [19] Committed to encouraging all business leaders to promote diversity on boards, she has said: "That is the future. There is a whole slew of people who still feel that they aren't part of the game. We are a mixed society – that's what Britain has been for so long. We just need to be more positive rather than negative, and showcase it. We are now at a crossroads." [7]

Additionally, she is the former mentor of rap artist and media entrepreneur Kelvyn Colt. [20] [21] [22]

In July 2017, Casely-Hayford was named the new Chancellor of Coventry University, the first woman to hold the position. [20] [23] [24] [25] She was appointed for a second term in 2020. [26] [27]

In February 2018, she was announced as the new chair of the board of Shakespeare's Globe, taking over the appointment from Michael Bichard. [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

Awards and recognition

In 2014, she was voted Black British Business Person of the Year at the Black British Business Awards (BBBA) founded by Melanie Eusebe. [7]

In 2016, Casely-Hayford was awarded an honorary doctorate by Middlesex University. [8]

She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours, for charitable services in the UK and abroad. [33]

In October 2019, it was announced that Casely-Hayford would be featured in the 2020 Powerlist as one of the 100 most influential black people in the United Kingdom. [34] [35] The following year, Casely-Hayford was included in the 2021 edition of the Powerlist, for her contributions to the education sector. [36]

In 2020, she was elected an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. [37]

In 2021, Casely-Hayford was elected a Master of the Bench at Gray's Inn. [38]

She was again named on the Powerlist in 2022, listed in the "Public, Third Sector & Education" category. [39]

References

  1. ^ a b "Casely-Hayford, Margaret Henrietta Augusta", Who's Who 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Margaret Casely-Hayford", BLD, April 2010.
  3. ^ "Chancellors of Coventry University", Coventry University.
  4. ^ "About Us | Governance", Shakespeare's Globe.
  5. ^ Margaret Casely-Hayford website.
  6. ^ a b c Pears, Elizabeth (24 February 2012). "Women Making A Mark". The Voice.
  7. ^ a b c d e Currie, Lysanne (1 October 2015). "Margaret Casely-Hayford: The ActionAid UK chair talks talent, diversity and building a great company culture". The Director.
  8. ^ a b c d "Margaret Casely-Hayford awarded an Honorary Degree", Middlesex University UniHub, 13 July 2016.
  9. ^ Casely-Hayford, Margaret (8 March 2018). "Opinion: Equality at the heart of co-operation… It's in our DNA"". Co-Op News.
  10. ^ Oatts, Joanne (19 September 2007). "Shed productions buys Twenty Twenty". Digital Spy.
  11. ^ "Black History Month Talk & 3rd Anniversary Party", Conway Hall, 17 October 2015.
  12. ^ Grove, Jack (28 September 2017). "Interview with Margaret Casely-Hayford". Times Higher Education.
  13. ^ Casely-Hayford, Margaret (11 December 1995). Practical planning : permission and the application. FT Law & Tax. ISBN  978-0752000633.
  14. ^ "About Margaret", Margaret Casely-Hayford website.
  15. ^ a b "106 seconds with… Margaret Casely-Hayford, Chair, Action Aid UK", 6th Sense, 10 August 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Board and directors", Co-op.
  17. ^ "About", The Radcliffe Trust.
  18. ^ Onwuemezi, Natasha (26 June 2017). "Casely-Hayford to chair Carnegie and Greenaway Medals diversity review". The Bookseller.
  19. ^ "'Get all young Britons reading to unlock potential, productivity and economic growth'" (press release), CILIP, 7 December 2017.
  20. ^ a b "Margaret Casely-Hayford named new Chancellor of Coventry University", Coventry University, 17 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Kelvyn Colt - Narcotic". Music video directed by Simon Frederick, produced by Margaret Casely-Hayford.
  22. ^ Wilson, Lara (20 November 2016). "10 Minutes with MND Margaret Casely-Hayford: Managing a rapper will help in my role as Member Nominated Director". Co-op.
  23. ^ "New Coventry University chancellor is black female trailblazer Margaret Casely-Hayford", Coventry Observer, 17 July 2017.
  24. ^ "Inspirational speakers secured for major business event in Warwickshire" Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, 2017.
  25. ^ "Groundbreaker Becomes First Woman Chancellor At Coventry University – Another first for the acclaimed lawyer Margaret Casely-Hayford", The Voice, 9 August 2017.
  26. ^ "Coventry Uni re-appoints Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE as Chancellor". DiversityQ. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  27. ^ "Coventry University Chancellor appointed to second term". Coventry University. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  28. ^ Snow, Georgia (6 February 2018). "Margaret Casely-Hayford announced as chair of Shakespeare's Globe". The Stage.
  29. ^ "Margaret Casely-Hayford Appointed As Chair Of Shakespeare's Globe", Broadway World, 6 February 2018.
  30. ^ Press Association, "Margaret Casely-Hayford appointed chairwoman of Shakespeare’s Globe", Evening Express, Aberdeen Journals, 6 February 2018.
  31. ^ "Margaret Casely-Hayford appointed as Chair of Shakespeare’s Globe", Shakespeare's Globe Blog, 6 February 2018.
  32. ^ White, Nadine (15 February 2018). "Margaret Casely-Hayford Named Chair Of Shakespeare's Globe". The Voice.
  33. ^ "Margaret CASELY-HAYFORD".
  34. ^ Mills, Kelly-Ann (25 October 2019). "Raheem Sterling joins Meghan and Stormzy in top 100 most influential black Brits". Mirror. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  35. ^ Busby, Mattha (25 October 2019). "Meghan and Stormzy named among most influential black people in UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  36. ^ Lavender, Jane (17 November 2020). "Lewis Hamilton ends incredible year top of influential Black Powerlist 2021". mirror. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  37. ^ "Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE | Honorary Fellow". Somerville University of Oxford. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  38. ^ "New Masters of the Bench". The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  39. ^ Motune, Vic (15 October 2021). "Microsoft tech pioneer Jacky Wright tops list of most powerful black Britons". The Voice.

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