Dr Wendy Piatt | |
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CEO of Gresham College | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 November 1970 | (age 53)
Alma mater |
King's College London University of Oxford |
Wendy Louisa Piatt (born 17 November 1970) is chief executive officer of Gresham College. [1]
Piatt was born in Birkenhead, in the Wirral, [2] and went to convent school there. [3]
She was awarded a first class honours BA in English from King's College London before studying for an MPhil in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama and then a D.Phil at Lincoln College, Oxford. [2] [3] Her thesis was entitled "Politics and religion in Renaissance closet drama". [4]
Piatt went on to work for the left-of-centre think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research, where she was Head of Education. [5] She then joined the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, where she rose to the post of deputy director. [3]
In January 2007, she was appointed Director General of the Russell Group. [3] In December 2016 it was announced that she would step down from her position, despite having been cleared after an internal investigation into her travel and expenses. [6] She stepped down on 1 February 2017.
She is a board member of the Snowdon Trust, founded by the Earl of Snowdon, which provides grants and scholarships for students with disabilities. [7]
In June 2020 she was appointed as the first CEO of Gresham College with effect from August 2020. [8]