Dame Carolyn Fairbairn

Dame Carolyn Julie Fairbairn is an Independent Non-Executive Director at HSBC Holdings Plc since 2021.
She is the Senior Independent Director at Tesco Plc starting in 2024.
She serves as a Non-Executive Director at The UK Statistics Authority and the Competition & Markets Authority.
Former roles include Chairman at Royal Mencap Society, Royal Television Society, and Friends Reunited Ltd. She was a Non-Executive Director at DJO Global, Inc. and the Financial Services Authority in 2011.
She worked as Director-Group Strategy & Development at ITV Plc from 2007 to 2009.
She was an Independent Non-Executive Director at Capita Plc from 2014 to 2015 and at Videndum Plc from 2012 to 2015.
She held Non-Executive Director positions at BAE Systems Plc and was Strategy Director at British Broadcasting Corp.
She was Director at Bank of Scotland Plc, DTV Services Ltd., Lloyds Bank Plc, and Digital UK Ltd. She served as Director General of the Confederation of British Industry from 2015 to 2020.
She was an Independent Non-Executive Director at Lloyds Banking Group Plc from 2013 to 2015.
She was a Trustee at Marie Curie Cancer Care from 2012 to 2016.
She was a Partner at McKinsey & Co., Inc. (United Kingdom).
Education includes undergraduate studies at Gonville & Caius College, a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from INSEAD.