Ambassador for Cambridge Judge Business School
Independent Non-executive Director, HSBC
- 2021-present: HSBC – Independent Non-executive Director
- 2015-2020: Confederation of British Industry – Director General
- 2012-2015: Lloyds Banking Group – Non-executive Director
- 2012-2015: The Vitec Group – Non-executive Director
- 2013-2015: Competition and Markets Authority – Non-executive Director
- 2013-2015: UK Statistics Authority – Non-executive Director
- 2014-2015: Capita – Non-executive Director
- 2007-2011: ITV – Director of Group Development and Strategy
- 2008-2011: Financial Services Authority – Non-executive Director
- 2006-2007: McKinsey & Company – Partner
- 2000-2004: BBC – Director of Strategy and Distribution
- 1997-2000: BBC Worldwide, Director of Strategy
- 1995-1997: Prime Minister’s Policy Unit
- 1988-1995: McKinsey & Company – Consultant
- 1985-1987: The Economist – Journalist
- 1984-1985: The World Bank – Economist
News and insights
From Downing Street to the Lloyds Banking Group, via the BBC, ITV and McKinsey to name a few, Carolyn Fairbairn knows that there's no "one size fits all" approach to leadership.
Media coverage
Cambridge Business Magazine | 1 December 2015
No public humiliation
Carolyn Fairbairn, the new director general of the Confederation of British Industry and a member of the Advisory Board at Cambridge Judge Business School, shares her insights on leadership and how to be a better leader.