Sylvia Ann Hewlett

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Sylvia Ann Hewlett (born 1946) is an economist and author.

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Education

Hewlett graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, was a Kennedy Scholar and then earned her PhD degree in economics at the University of London. [1]

Career

Hewlett has taught at Cambridge, Columbia and Princeton Universities and held fellowships at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London and the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at Harvard. [2]

She is the CEO of Hewlett Consulting Partners and founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation [3] a non-profit think tank, based in New York, focusing on women, minorities and previously excluded minority groups. [4] As of 2012, she has been involved in the Gender and Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the World Economic Forum Council on Women's Empowerment. [5]

She is the author of several books (see Bibliography section). Her articles have been published in the New York Times, the Financial Times, strategy+business magazine, and the Harvard Business Review. TV appearances include 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Charlie Rose, NewsNight with Aaron Brown, NBC Nightly News, Oprah, The View, All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, On Point.[ citation needed ]

Hewlett was awarded the 2014 HR Magazine "Most Influential International Thinker". [6] [ self-published source ]

Bibliography

Books

Articles

Personal life

Hewlett was raised in a poor mining valley of South Wales, Great Britain. She is married to Richard and they have five children, with an age span of 25 years. The youngest was born when she was 51. She lives in New York City, in an apartment that overlooks Central Park West. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Hunt, Pauline (2002-09-03). "Distant voices, sad lives". Education Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  2. ↑ "Sylvia Ann Hewlett". Coqual. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  3. ↑ "Center for Talent Innovation". www.talentinnovation.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. ↑ "Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founder and CEO, Center for Talent Innovation". www.hrmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. ↑ Hewlett, Sylvia Ann. "Step Up to Sponsorship". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  6. ↑ "Sylvia Ann Hewlett | Economist, Author and Speaker on talent management, workplace transformation, diversity, and inclusion". www.sylviaannhewlett.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  7. ↑ Higgins, Ria (October 18, 2015). "A Life in the Day of Sylvia Ann Hewlett, economist". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
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