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Heather Hancock
Heather Jane Hancock LVO DL (born 27 August 1965) is a former civil servant who has held numerous positions related to North Yorkshire. Since 1 October 2020, she has been Master of St John's College, Cambridge.
Hancock was born Heather Jane Wilkinson on 27 August 1965 in Colne, Lancashire, England. She was educated at Park High School, Colne and Nelson and Colne College. She studied land economy at St John's College, Cambridge, gaining a first class degree. She was made an honorary fellow of the College in February 2019. In 2021, she was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin and of Darwin College, Cambridge.
Hancock joined the Government Economic Service in 1988, and served as Private Secretary to three Home Secretaries: David Waddington, Kenneth Baker, and Kenneth Clarke. She was part of the team which created the new Department of National Heritage (now the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), established after the 1992 General Election, where she was Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary, Hayden Phillips. She established the Millennium Commission in 1994, and served as its Acting Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive. She was chairman of the English Football League's working party on the structure of football from 1997 to 1998.
Hancock was the first female chief executive of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, from 1998 until 2000. She then became executive director for the environment and development at Yorkshire Forward. She was a founder trustee of the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust from 1996 to 2003.
From 2000 to 2012, she was a trustee of The Prince's Trust and chaired the charity's audit committee. Hancock chaired the BBC's Rural Affairs Advisory Committee from 2003-2010, and subsequently was invited by the BBC Trust to report on bias and impartiality in its coverage of rural affairs.
She became a governor of Giggleswick School in North Yorkshire in 2007, and was chairman from 2013 to 2019.
She was a Managing Partner of Deloitte in the United Kingdom and Switzerland between 2008 and 2014, with executive responsibility for Innovation, Brand, Communications and Talent, and a Partner in the firm's Strategy Consulting business from 2003-2014. She led the firm's global services to the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the global Olympic movement. Hancock was a member of Deloitte's global leadership team from 2011 to 2013 as Global MD for Brand and Communications.
Hancock was a Trustee of the International Business Leaders Forum from 2011 to 2014. She was deputy chair of the World Athletics Championships and World Para Athletics Championships from 2013 to 2016. She was a member of North Yorkshire County Council's North Yorkshire Rural Commission to inquire into the sustainability of remote rural communities from 2019 to 2020.
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Heather Hancock
Heather Jane Hancock LVO DL (born 27 August 1965) is a former civil servant who has held numerous positions related to North Yorkshire. Since 1 October 2020, she has been Master of St John's College, Cambridge.
Hancock was born Heather Jane Wilkinson on 27 August 1965 in Colne, Lancashire, England. She was educated at Park High School, Colne and Nelson and Colne College. She studied land economy at St John's College, Cambridge, gaining a first class degree. She was made an honorary fellow of the College in February 2019. In 2021, she was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin and of Darwin College, Cambridge.
Hancock joined the Government Economic Service in 1988, and served as Private Secretary to three Home Secretaries: David Waddington, Kenneth Baker, and Kenneth Clarke. She was part of the team which created the new Department of National Heritage (now the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), established after the 1992 General Election, where she was Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary, Hayden Phillips. She established the Millennium Commission in 1994, and served as its Acting Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive. She was chairman of the English Football League's working party on the structure of football from 1997 to 1998.
Hancock was the first female chief executive of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, from 1998 until 2000. She then became executive director for the environment and development at Yorkshire Forward. She was a founder trustee of the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust from 1996 to 2003.
From 2000 to 2012, she was a trustee of The Prince's Trust and chaired the charity's audit committee. Hancock chaired the BBC's Rural Affairs Advisory Committee from 2003-2010, and subsequently was invited by the BBC Trust to report on bias and impartiality in its coverage of rural affairs.
She became a governor of Giggleswick School in North Yorkshire in 2007, and was chairman from 2013 to 2019.
She was a Managing Partner of Deloitte in the United Kingdom and Switzerland between 2008 and 2014, with executive responsibility for Innovation, Brand, Communications and Talent, and a Partner in the firm's Strategy Consulting business from 2003-2014. She led the firm's global services to the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the global Olympic movement. Hancock was a member of Deloitte's global leadership team from 2011 to 2013 as Global MD for Brand and Communications.
Hancock was a Trustee of the International Business Leaders Forum from 2011 to 2014. She was deputy chair of the World Athletics Championships and World Para Athletics Championships from 2013 to 2016. She was a member of North Yorkshire County Council's North Yorkshire Rural Commission to inquire into the sustainability of remote rural communities from 2019 to 2020.