Dame Mary Elizabeth Marsh (born 17 August 1946) is non-executive director of HSBC Bank plc and member of the governing body at

London Business School London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degree, Master's degrees in management and finance, Master of B ...

. She is chair of the

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(RCPCH) board of trustees.

Early life

Marsh is the daughter of George Donald Falconer and his wife, Lesley Mary Wilson. She attended

Birkenhead High School Birkenhead High School Academy is an all-ability state funded girls' Academy in Birkenhead, Wirral. Introduction Birkenhead High School was the main Wirral private girls' school, but in 2010 became a non-fee paying Academy. It remains a member ...

and then the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

, where she graduated with a BSc in Geography. She later obtained a

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from

Hatfield Polytechnic The University of Hertfordshire (UH) is a university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The university is based largely in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Its antecedent institution, Hatfield Technical College, was founded in 1948 and was identified a ...

, and an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...

from the

Career

She started her career as a geography teacher at

Luton Luton () is a town and borough in Bedfordshire, England. The borough had a population of 225,262 at the 2021 census. Luton is on the River Lea, about north-west of London. The town's foundation dates to the sixth century as a Saxon settleme ...

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, and then became deputy head of

St Christopher School St Christopher School is a private day and boarding school in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. Established in 1915 as the Garden City Theosophical School, it has long been a flagship of progressive education. The present name was ...

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. She was appointed head teacher of Queens' School in Hertfordshire, and moved to Holland Park School in 1995. She was the founding director of the Clore Social Leadership Programme from 2008 to 2015, and the chief executive of the

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity founded as the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (LSPCC) by Thomas Agnew on 19 April 1883. The NSPCC lobbies t ...

(NSPCC) from 2000 to 2008.

Honours

She was decorated as a DBE by HM The Queen in the

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list for "services to families and children".

Personal life

A widow, Marsh has four sons and lives in London.

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1946 births Living people People educated at Birkenhead High School Academy Alumni of London Business School Alumni of the University of Nottingham Schoolteachers from Merseyside British social welfare officials Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire HSBC people National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children people British charity and campaign group workers Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts {{UK-activist-stub