Nora Margaret Senior CBE DL is a Scottish businesswoman. She has received awards including the First Women UK Media Award (2013), and the global ‘Stevie’ for Best Woman in Business (in Europe, Middle East and Asia), In 2013 she was appointed president of the British Chambers of Commerce. She is also a regional chair at

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Career

Nora Senior started working at Saatchi and Saatchi's consultancy in

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. In 1988, she became the company's managing director. In 1990 she formed a start-up called PR Centre, eventually merging the company into

in 1998. In 2009, Senior became Weber Shandwick's executive chair of UK regions and Ireland. In 2013, Senior became President of the British Chambers of Commerce. In the same year, she became president of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce. In 2013, Senior was awarded Businesswoman of the Year, as well as being appointed a

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(CBE) in the

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for services to British and Scottish businesses. Senior joined the council of the

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in 2016. As of March 2020, she is vice chair of the council. She is also, again as of March 2020, a board Member of the International Chambers of Commerce, a Regional Adviser to London Stock Exchange, and the non-executive chair of the Scottish Government's Strategic Board. In March 2023, he was appointed a Deputy lieutenant of

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Awards

* Global Women in Business Award (2007) * Global Award for Best Communications Executive (2008) * UK Outstanding Business Achieve (2010) * First Woman of Media UK Award (2013) * MBA Award Lifetime Achievement for Contribution to Business (2015) * CIPR Outstanding Consultancy of the Year (2017) * Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire for Services to British Business (2017)

References

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