Marjorie Scardino

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Dame Marjorie Morris Scardino, DBE, FRSA, (born 25 January 1947 United States) is the CEO of Pearson PLC. She became the first female Chief Executive of a FTSE 100 company when she was appointed CEO of Pearson[1] in 1997. She is also a non-executive director of Nokia and former CEO of the Economist Group.

Scardino is a graduate of Baylor University and the University of San Francisco School of Law and the winner of the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal. Before 1985 she was the editor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, The Georgia Gazette.

She is also a trustee[2] of the Victoria and Albert Museum, serves on the board of the MacArthur Foundation and the Carter Center, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

In 2007 she has been listed 17th on the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women in the World. [3]

[edit] Citizenship

Although she was born in the United States, she has taken British citizenship so her honour is substantive.[citation needed].

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC female achievements timeline
  2. ^ Appointment as trustee to V&A
  3. ^ #17 Marjorie Scardino
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