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Susie Hargreaves

Susie Hargreaves

British executive

Susie Hargreaves OBE is a British executive who works in the charity sector. She is Chief Executive officer of the Internet Watch Foundation.

Early life

Hargreaves was raised in Yorkshire, in a family of nine.[1]

Career

Hargreaves has held a number of executive positions in the arts, including general manager of Red Ladder Theatre Company, deputy director of Watermans Arts Centre, and CEO of Audiences Yorkshire.[2] In 2002, she founded CultureWorks UK, a business development company. In November 2008, she became CEO of the Society of Dyers and Colourists.[3][4]

Since her appointment in September 2011, she has been CEO of the Internet Watch Foundation.[5][6] She is a director of the UK Safer Internet Centre.

Personal life

She is married to actor and director Marcus Romer; they have two children.[1][7]

Honours

Hargreaves was a finalist for a European Women of Achievement Award in 2004,[3] as Executive of the Year in the 2017 ISPA Awards, and in the 2018 European CEO Awards.[2] In 2006, she was awarded a Clore Leadership Fellowship.[2]

In 2016, she was awarded an OBE for Services to Child Online Protection in the Queen's Birthday Honours.[2][7]

References

  1. [1]
    Sarah Rees (6 December 2019). "Susie Hargreaves OBE: 'I love my job at the IWF'". Nominet. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Susie Hargreaves". The Clore Leadership Programme. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Susie Hargreaves is new Chief Executive of SDC". Fashion Capital (press release). 7 October 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Bradford-based Society of Dyers and Colourists boss Susie Hargreaves to boost links with India". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Susie Hargreaves OBE: Chief Executive". Internet Watch Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Internet Watch Foundation reacts to 'terrifying' child sexual threat figures released by the National Crime Agency". Cambridge Independent. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. [7]
    "IWF Chief is awarded an OBE" (press release). Internet Watch Foundation. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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