E19: Dame Heather Rabbatts

This week’s guest is Dame Heather Rabbatts

Heather began her career as a Barrister at Law, before becoming a government advisor and chief executive of Lambeth Council, making her the youngest local authority CEO in the UK.

She was a Governor of the BBC followed by an appointment as a senior executive at Channel 4

She has held many senior roles in football including Executive Chair of Millwall Football Club and in 2012 was The FA’s first female non-executive Director and Board member where she chaired The FA Inclusion Advisory Board.

She was previously a member of FIFA’s Anti-Discrimination Taskforce and has worked with UEFA on their women’s leadership initiatives.

Rabbatts was appointed a (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to football and equality.

In November 2016, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.

Today she is chair of Vero the marketing agency founded in 2006 by her husband Mike Lee OBE who led the business until his untimely death in September 2018.

The interview was carried out at City & Islington College.

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