Dorothy Thompson (businesswoman) explained

Dorothy Thompson
Birth Name:	Dorothy Carrington Thompson
Nationality:	British
Education:	London School of Economics
Occupation:	Chairman, Tullow Oil
Boards:	Tullow Oil Eaton Corporation plc

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.

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Drax Group plc. Companies House. 10 August 2015.
2. Web site: Dorothy Carrington Thompson CBE. Bloomberg. 30 March 2015.
3. Web site: About us: Chief Executive. Drax.
4. Web site: Court of Directors. Bank of England. 2015-06-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150507093414/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/Pages/people/court.aspx. 2015-05-07. dead.