MARJORIE SCARDINO
Name: Dame Marjorie Morris Scardino
Born: 25 January 1947
Dame Marjorie Morris Scardino (born 25 January 1947) 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 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 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.
Name: Dame Marjorie Morris Scardino
Born: 25 January 1947
Dame Marjorie Morris Scardino (born 25 January 1947) 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 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 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.