Harriet Green
| Harriet Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 December 1961 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Residence | Summertown, Oxford |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Westwood's Grammar School |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Salary | £2.86 million (total Thomas Cook remuneration, 2013)[1] |
| Title | CEO, IBM business divisions – the Internet of Things and Education Business. Previously CEO, Thomas Cook Group (2012-2014) CEO, Premier Farnell (2006-2012) |
| Spouse(s) | Graham Clarkson |
| Children | 2 |
Harriet Green, OBE (born 12 December 1961) is a British businesswoman who leads two new IBM business divisions – the Internet of Things and Education Business.
She was CEO of the Thomas Cook Group from July 2012 to November 2014.[2]
Early life
She was born on 12 December 1961 in Cheltenham, England to Dermot Green and Nerys Allen.[3] She grew up in Shipton, Gloucestershire, east of Cheltenham, in the Cotswolds. She was educated at Westwood's Grammar School in Northleach.[4]
She studied Medieval History at King's College London, graduating Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) in 1983. She then attended the London School of Economics where she studied Business Psychology and graduated in 1985.[3]
Career
Green spent her early career in the electronic components industry, working in Europe, the United States and Asia. She was Managing Director of Macro Group, and then appointed President of the Asia/Pacific sector of Arrow Electronics from 2002 to 2006. She was Chief Executive Officer of Premier Farnell, a global electronics distribution business, from 2006 until 2012.[3]
She became Chief Executive of Thomas Cook Group on 30 July 2012, succeeding Manny Fontenla-Novoa who was CEO from 2003. She obtained this position by cold calling chairman Frank Meysman.[5] On 26 November 2014, it was announced that Green was leaving with immediate effect, and that Peter Fankhauser, the COO would take over as CEO.[1][6] Despite the deaths of Christianne and Robert Shepherd occurring in 2006 before she was appointed, Green announced in June 2015 that she was donating a third of her £5.7m Thomas Cook bonus, £1.9m, to a charity chosen by the parents of two children who died while on holiday. The Group was highly criticised by the coroner in the 2015 inquest - which ruled the pair were unlawfully killed from carbon monoxide poisoning in Corfu in 2006 - for its treatment of the family, which included the period of Green's tenure.[7]
IBM appointed Green as the head of the IBM Watson Internet of Things business unit on 15 December 2015.[8][9]
Personal life
She lives in Summertown, Oxford. She married Graham Clarkson[10] in 2004 in Oxfordshire, and the couple have two adult children.
Green received an OBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours. She is a devotee of hatha yoga and reads several books a week, claiming that indulging in literature delivers an escape and relaxation away from business. Green has previously claimed that she only sleeps for around four hours a day. In February 2013, she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[11]
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| Business positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Chief Executive of Thomas Cook Group July 2012 - November 2014 |
Succeeded by Peter Fankhauser |
