Name: Mary Curnock Cook by Woman's Hour Power List
Duration: 9 min 16 s
Description: Mary Curnock Cook, Chief Executive of UCAS. Published on November 12, 2013.

Philanthropist Dame Vivien Duffield inherited a vast fortune in 1979 after the death of her father Sir Charles Clore, the retail tycoon who owned Selfridges, and became Chair of the Clore Foundation. In 2000 she merged this with her own organisation to produce the Clore Duffield Foundation.  She is thought to have given over £200 million to charity projects. Published on September 26, 2013.

Dame Vivien Duffield

Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick serves as the most senior female officer within the Metropolitan Police, a rank equivalent to that of Chief Constable outside London. During the Olympic and Paralympic games, she was national director for counter terrorism, an extension of her role leading on the long-term threat of terrorism across the UK.  A trained hostage negotiator, she has extensive experience in public order, firearms and security. In 2005, she was the officer in charge of the operation which led to the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. A jury cleared her of blame at the end of the prosecution of the Metropolitan Police under health and safety laws. Three years ago she was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal. Published on October 30, 2013.

Cressida Dick

Dame Julie Moore is Chief Executive of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. She spent ten years in clinical practice before moving into nursing management. She became a director of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in 1998. In 2002 she moved to Birmingham, taking up her current post in 2006. She received a DBE for services to healthcare in 2011.  She joins Jenni to talk about her career, the night Malala Yousafzai was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and being partnered with trusts in special measures. Published on October 31, 2013.

Dame Julie Moore

Dame Professor Carol Black is the country’s leading expert adviser on health and work. The principal of Newnham College Cambridge, she was a consultant rheumatologist and a former President of the Royal College of Physicians. However, she started out in medicine as working class grammar school girl with a third class degree in history... Published on November 11, 2013.

Professor Dame Carol Black;

Mary Curnock Cook, Chief Executive of UCAS. Published on November 12, 2013.

Mary Curnock Cook

Ann is the daughter of a Newcastle shoemaker, became one of the first women to be qualified to work on offshore oil and gas rigs and, after a successful career in banking, she now works at the finance company MasterCard where she manages a staff of 4000. Published on November 13, 2013.

Ann Cairns

Louise Casey is Director General of the Troubled Families Unit, charged with helping  some of the country’s most in need and  vulnerable people.   She has spent her career in social policy and has advised the Blair, Brown and Cameron Governments.  She was the Director of the Home Office Anti Social Behaviour Unit and was the first Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses. Published on November 25, 2013.

Louise Casey November 25th 2013

Chair of 2014's Power List, Emma Barnett, takes us through the latest deliberations for this year's top ten Game Changers. What is a Game Changer exactly?  Who are the women who could be defined as a Game Changer - and what names have been discussed in the judges meeting?  Featuring the people behind Magic Breakfast and Road Peace, plus judges Reni Eddo-Lodge, Heather Rabbatts, Liz Bingham and Rachel Johnson. Published on March 19, 2014.

Power List - Game Changers Edition 1

With the final Power List meeting completed, how do our judges feel about the top ten Game Changers list?  Emma Barnett, Reni Eddo-Lodge and Rachel Johnson reveal some of the emotion behind the list. Published on April 3, 2014.

Power List - Game Changers Edition 2

The Woman's Hour Power List 2014 - Game Changers was finally revealed. Hear Emma Barnett, Jenni Murray, Jane Garvey and our   number one Game Changer reflect on the top ten, exclusively on this podcast. Published on April 9, 2014.

Power List - Game Changers Edition 3

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Which women have the biggest impact on Britain’s economy, society, politics and culture today? Interviews, discussions and features related to the Power List – Woman’s Hour’s list of the 100 most powerful women in the UK today. With Jenni Murray, Jane Garvey, Eve Pollard and Dawn O’Porter.

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