Virginia Beardshaw

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Virginia Beardshaw
BornJune 1952 (aged 70) [1]
UK
NationalityBritish
Education The Mount School, York
SpouseSir Andrew Cahn
Children3

Virginia Beardshaw, Lady Cahn CBE (born June 1952) is the Chair of the Annual Fund at the London School of Economics and Political Science. [2] She was Chief Executive of the children's communication charity I CAN for 10 years, spanning from 2005 to 2015, [3] [4] a founder Fellow of the King's Fund Institute and a Governor of the London School of Economics. Beardshaw was appointed a CBE in the 2015 New Year Honours list, for services to children with special needs and disabilities. [5]

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Career

After working as a Health Services Researcher at Oxford University, Beardshaw became a founder Fellow for the Kings Fund Institute, writing the first Commission report [6] after the new Royal Charter body was founded in 2009. [7] She then worked for the NHS, where her final post was Director of Modernisation for London. [3] Returning to the voluntary sector, she became the British Red Cross's Director of UK Services. She has been vice-chair of ACEVO. [8]

Personal life

She was educated at The Mount School, York. She is married to Sir Andrew Cahn, the Vice Chairman for Public Policy at Nomura, with whom she has one daughter and two sons.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Profile, find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Accessed 29 October 2022.
  2. Honey, Shauna. "Virginia Beardshaw appointed new chair of the Annual Fund - News archive - Your gifts in action - Supporting LSE - Home". www.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Who we are: Chief Executive: Virginia Beardshaw CBE". I Can (charity) . Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. "I Can chief executive Virginia Beardshaw will step down" . Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. "The London Gazette - Supplement: 61092 Page: N8". The London Gazette . Government of the United Kingdom. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  6. "Virginia Beardshaw, Chief Executive of I CAN". joereddington.com Disability, Technology, and Social Projects. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
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  8. "Governance | Civil Society".