Emily Lawson
Emily Lawson DBE | |
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Education | North London Collegiate School Westminster School |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University of East Anglia University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | NHS England |
Thesis | Molecular and genetic analysis of a modified Ac transposon in Arabidopsis. (1993) |
Dame Emily Jane Ruth Lawson DBE is a British management consultant and the interim Chief Operating Officer of NHS England. Lawson led the initial rollout of the NHS COVID-19 vaccine programme in 2020 and the subsequent booster programme in 2021. Prior to this, she worked for McKinsey & Company, Morrisons, and Kingfisher plc in human resources.
Early life and education
[edit]Lawson was born in Westminster, London in March 1967.[1] She attended North London Collegiate School and Westminster School.[citation needed] She is Jewish.[2] She studied Natural Sciences at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge graduating with a first in 1989.[3] While there she was president of the Caius Science Society in her final year.[4] She then completed a doctorate in molecular genetics at the John Innes Centre, University of East Anglia, with a thesis on transposons in Arabidopsis in 1993.[3][5][6] After this, she undertook a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and then worked as a technology and business development manager at the biotech firm Avitech Diagnostics for two years.[3]
Career
[edit]Lawson obtained an MBA at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford in 1998.[7] She joined management consultancy McKinsey & Company in the same year.[3] Lawson was promoted to partner at the firm's London office and led its human capital practice across Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and co-wrote its 2012 report Women Matter 2012: Making the Breakthrough on improving gender diversity in business.[5] She joined supermarket chain Morrisons as their group Human Resources Director in September 2013.[8] Lawson left the company in 2015,[9] and joined Kingfisher plc as their Chief People Officer.[10] She left Kingfisher plc after a year.[11]
In November 2017, Lawson joined NHS England as their National Director for Transformation and Corporate Operations. She was responsible for business transformation and the integration of NHS Improvement into the organisation.[12] Lawson was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) in early 2020.[13] She left this role to become the Senior Responsible Officer for the NHS COVID-19 vaccine deployment programme in November 2020 and led its initial rollout.[14] She was seconded to lead Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Delivery Unit for the summer of 2021 before returning to lead the vaccine booster programme in October 2021.[15][16][17] Lawson returned to lead the unit in 2022.[18] She left this role in August 2023 and returned to NHS England in October 2023 as its interim Chief Operating Officer replacing Jim Mackey.[19][20][21]
Lawson was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the NHS, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.[22][23] She is a founding member of and deputy chair of the 30% Club which aims to improve gender diversity in business.[24]
Selected publications
[edit]- Scheres, B.; Wolkenfelt, H.; Willemsen, V.; Terlouw, M.; Lawson, E.; Dean, C.; Weisbeek, P. (1 September 1994). "Embryonic origin of the Arabidopsis primary root and root meristem initials". Development. 120 (9): 2475–2487. doi:10.1242/dev.120.9.2475. hdl:1874/12641. ISSN 1477-9129.
- Guthridge, Matthew; Komm, Asmus B.; Lawson, Emily (2008). Making talent a strategic priority (PDF). McKinsey. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- Lawson, Emily; Price, Colin (2003). The psychology of change management (PDF). McKinsey.
References
[edit]- ^ "District Information". FreeBMD. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Rocker, Simon (29 April 2021). "Rabbi Sacks was my inspiration, says NHS director who led vaccine rollout". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d Leroux, Marcus (24 April 2013). "Business big shot: Emily Lawson". The Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022.(subscription required)
- ^ "Damehood for Caius alumna". Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. 6 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b Devillard, Sandrine; Graven, Wieteke; Lawson, Emily (2012). "Women Matter 2012 Making the Breakthrough". McKinsey & Company. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Lawson, Emily J. R (1993). Molecular and genetic analysis of a modified Ac transposon in Arabidopsis (Thesis). OCLC 53495933. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "School Board Vice-Chair among New Year Honours List". Saïd Business School. 11 January 2022. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Lawson, Alex. "Morrisons appoints McKinsey partner as group HR director". Retail Week. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Tugby, Luke. "Morrisons loses another director as HR boss Emily Lawson departs". Retail Week. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Chapman, Matthew (15 September 2015). "Kingfisher top team becomes majority female as DIY giant hires Emily Lawson". Retail Week. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Hardy, Emily (23 September 2016). "Exclusive: Kingfisher appoints new exec following exit of Emily Lawson". Retail Week. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Emily Lawson". NHS Confederation. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Hospitals get ramped up for delivery of protective kit to staff fighting coronavirus". NHS England. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "NHS vaccine programme chief among health service honours". NHS England. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "NHS England » Former vaccine chief returns as NHS prepares for winter". NHS England. 22 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Rapson, Jasmine (22 October 2021). "Vaccine lead returns to NHS England months after joining No 10". Health Service Journal. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Shipman, Tim (12 September 2021). "King Boris keeps his court guessing". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.(subscription required)
- ^ Shipman, Tim (1 January 2022). "A sticky situation: can Boris Johnson escape the web?". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.(subscription required)
- ^ Zeffman, Henry; Wright, Oliver (29 June 2023). "'Five pledges' chief leaves Whitehall". The Times.
- ^ "NHS executive group". NHS England. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Discombe, Matt (16 October 2023). "Mackey moves to Newcastle as NHSE appoints new COO". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 10 January 2024.(subscription required)
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N8.
- ^ England, NHS. "NHS England » NHS vaccine programme chief among health service honours". NHS England. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Covid Vaccine Delivery Head Encourages Self-Belief". Girls' Schools Association. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People educated at North London Collegiate School
- People educated at Westminster School, London
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Alumni of the University of East Anglia
- Alumni of Saïd Business School
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- British scientists
- British women scientists
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- McKinsey & Company people
- Kingfisher plc
- National Health Service (England)
- Jewish scientists
- Administrators in the National Health Service