Laura Wade-Gery

Laura Wade-Gery (born 1965)^[1] is a British business executive.

Early life[]

Wade-Gery (daughter of the late Sir Robert Wade-Gery) was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College^[2] and Magdalen College, Oxford, where she studied history and also achieved an ice-hockey blue.^[3] As a student she accompanied William Dalrymple on a journey across Asia which is described in Dalrymple's book In Xanadu. Dalrymple has said of Wade-Gery: “Stories of her feats of endurance were common currency; if half of them were true, she had by the age of 21 made Freya Stark look like a dilettante. ... When travelling with her I could never decide whether she reminded me more of Boadicea or Joyce Grenfell ..."^[4]^[5]

Career[]

After working at Gemini Consulting and Kleinwort Benson, Wade-Gery joined Tesco in 1997 and rose to become chief executive of its online business. She was to have become commercial director of Tesco's non-food operation in 2011 but instead joined the board of Marks & Spencer as executive director of multi-channel e-commerce.^[3]^[6] She is also a member of the British Government's Digital Advisory Board,^[7] a trustee of the Royal Opera House, and a director of Snape Maltings Trading Limited.^[8]

On 1 August 2018 Laura Wade-Gery became a non-executive director of NHS Improvement.^[8]

References[]

^ Sir Robert Wade-Gery (obituary), The Times, London, 26 February 2015, page 57 (subscription required)
^ Laura Wade-Gery lands at M&S to take multichannel to the next level, Internet Retailing, 4 July 2011
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bolland lures Tesco's Laura Wade-Gery to run M&S's online operation, The Guardian, London, 7 February 2011
^ Dalrymple, William, In Xanadu: A Quest, Collins, 1989, pp.12,180
^ M&S reshuffle sparks speculation over chief's successor, Financial Times, London, 4 July 2014
^ Laura Wade-Gery, Executive Director, Multi-channel, Marks & Spencer
^ "Digital Advisory Board". GOV.UK.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Laura Wade-Gery | NHS Improvement". improvement.nhs.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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[1] Sir Robert Wade-Gery (obituary), The Times, London, 26 February 2015, page 57 (subscription required)

[2] Laura Wade-Gery lands at M&S to take multichannel to the next level, Internet Retailing, 4 July 2011

[guardian-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bolland lures Tesco's Laura Wade-Gery to run M&S's online operation, The Guardian, London, 7 February 2011

[4] Dalrymple, William, In Xanadu: A Quest, Collins, 1989, pp.12,180

[5] M&S reshuffle sparks speculation over chief's successor, Financial Times, London, 4 July 2014

[6] Laura Wade-Gery, Executive Director, Multi-channel, Marks & Spencer

[7] "Digital Advisory Board". GOV.UK.

[auto-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Laura Wade-Gery | NHS Improvement". improvement.nhs.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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