Dorothy Thompson (businesswoman)

Dorothy Carrington Thompson CBE (born November 1960) is a British businesswoman; until 2017 she was CEO of Drax Group, a FTSE 250 Index electrical power generation company, and is now non-executive chairman of Tullow Oil, and a director of Eaton Corporation plc.

Dorothy Thompson
Born	Dorothy Carrington Thompson November 1960 (age 60)
Nationality	British
Education	London School of Economics
Occupation	Chairman, Tullow Oil
Board member of	Tullow Oil Eaton Corporation plc

Early life

Dorothy Carrington Thompson was born in November 1960.[1] She received a BSc (1983) and MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.[2]

Career

She was CEO of Drax Group from September 2005 to December 2017. Prior to joining Drax, she was assistant group treasurer for Powergen plc, and before that, head of European business at InterGen NV.[3]

In August 2014, she was appointed a non-executive director of the Bank of England.[4]

Honours

In the 2014 Birthday Honours, she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

References

1. "Drax Group plc". Companies House. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. "Dorothy Carrington Thompson CBE". Bloomberg. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
3. "About us: Chief Executive". Drax.
4. "Court of Directors". Bank of England. Archived from the original on 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2015-06-23.