Emily Lawson

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Dame

Emily Lawson
DBE
EducationNorth London Collegiate School
Westminster School
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
University of East Anglia
University of Oxford
Scientific career
InstitutionsNHS England
ThesisMolecular and genetic analysis of a modified Ac transposon in Arabidopsis. (1993)

Dame Emily Jane Ruth Lawson DBE is Chief Commercial Officer at NHS England. Lawson was responsible for the rollout of the United Kingdom's COVID-19 vaccine programme.

Early life and education[]

Lawson was born in London. She attended North London Collegiate School and Westminster School, where she studied maths, biology and chemistry. Lawson was an undergraduate student in molecular genetics at the Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating with a first in 1989.[1][2] She moved to the University of East Anglia as a graduate student, where she studied a transposons in Arabidopsis.[3] She spent part of her doctoral research at the John Innes Centre.[citation needed] She completed an MBA at Saïd Business School in 1998.

Career[]

Lawson joined McKinsey & Company as a partner in 1998.[4] At McKinsey, Lawson worked on change management and gender diversity.[5] She moved to Morrisons as a Human Resources Director in 2013.[4][6] She stepped down from Morrisons in 2015,[7] and joined Kingfisher plc.[5]

In 2017, Lawson joined NHS England as National Director for Transformation and Corporate Operations.[8] She was made Head of the National Health Service COVID-19 vaccine programme in November 2020.[5][9][10] She was seconded to the Government of the United Kingdom for part of 2021, but returned to the NHS programme in October 2021.[11][12][13] Here she led the COVID-19 vaccine booster programme.[11]

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 COVID-19.[14][15][16]

Selected publications[]

  • Scheres, B.; Wolkenfelt, H.; Willemsen, V.; Terlouw, M.; Lawson, E.; Dean, C.; Weisbeek, P. (1994-09-01). "Embryonic origin of the Arabidopsis primary root and root meristem initials". Development. 120 (9): 2475–2487. doi:10.1242/dev.120.9.2475. ISSN 1477-9129.
  • Making talent a strategic priority (PDF). McKinsey. 2008. Retrieved 2022-01-01.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  • Lawson, Emily (2003). The psychology of change management (PDF). McKinsey.

References[]

  1. ^ "Dr Emily Lawson". WISE. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  2. ^ The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year up to 31 December 1991
  3. ^ Lawson, Emily J. R (1993). Molecular and genetic analysis of a modified Ac transposon in Arabidopsis (Thesis).
  4. ^ a b Leroux, Marcus. "Business big shot: Emily Lawson". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Emily Lawson". NHS Confed Conference. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Morrisons appoints McKinsey partner as group HR director". Retail Week. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Morrisons loses another director as HR boss Emily Lawson departs". Retail Week. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Dr Emily Lawson". WISE. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. ^ "NHS England » NHS vaccine programme chief among health service honours". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  10. ^ Hughes, David (8 March 2021). "Johnson praises women leading coronavirus vaccination drive". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  11. ^ a b "NHS England » Former vaccine chief returns as NHS prepares for winter". england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Vaccine lead returns to NHS England months after joining No 10". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  13. ^ Yorke, Harry; Roberts, Lizzie (22 October 2021). "Downing Street vaccines chief returns to speed up Covid booster rollout". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  14. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N8.
  15. ^ "The 2022 New Year's Honours list in full, and what the different ranks mean". inews.co.uk. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  16. ^ England, NHS. "NHS England » NHS vaccine programme chief among health service honours". england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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