Professor Heather J McGregor CBE Provost and Vice Principal for Heriot-Watt University Dubai

Dame Heather Jane McGregor (born 27 March 1962) is a British executive, journalist, and academic. She is the Provost and Vice Principal of

Heriot-Watt University Dubai Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus is a satellite campus of Heriot-Watt University based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Established in 2005, it was the first campus of an overseas university to open in Dubai International Academic City. In A ...

since 1 September 2022. Prior to that and since 2016, she has been Executive Dean of

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. She wrote a

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for the ''

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'' from 1999 to 2016 as "Mrs Moneypenny", and was the chief executive of Taylor Bennett from 2000 to 2016. In 2008, McGregor established the Taylor Bennett Foundation, a charity that encourages

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people to consider a career in communications and PR. She was a founding member of the 30% Club, which campaigns for more women on the boards of

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companies. She was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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for services to business, especially employment skills and diversity in the workplace, and

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(DBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to education, business and heritage in Scotland. She was also elected as a fellow to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2021. McGregor was a columnist for ''

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'' between September 2019 and March 2021.

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"Mrs Moneypenny"
''Financial Times''. Accessed 30 December 2022.
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Edinburghreporter.co.uk. Accessed 30 December 2022. {{DEFAULTSORT:McGregor, Heather 1962 births Living people British chief executives British women chief executives British columnists Financial Times people Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Academics of Heriot-Watt University Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh