Nationwide's executive director has said that she is “greatly proud” of her Glasgow history as she becomes a lady, joining the Scottish boss of Greggs and a series of business companies to be recognized in King's birthday honors.
Debbie Crosbie, the only woman who directed a “Big Six” bank in the United Kingdom, has received a lady of her services to financial services.
The executive president of Greggs, Roisin Currie, and the head of Sky, Dana Strong, have also been honored in this year's list.
Dame Debbie told the AP news agency: “I try to encourage people to think beyond” I am a woman “, but when it comes to this (honor) I am greatly proud.”
“I grew up in Glasgow, it was no different from any of my peer group, so they gave me the opportunity to lead … I have had a massively gratifying career.
“As a woman, I hope you send a message of opportunity and hope, not just young people.”
Dame Debbie said she felt particularly honored to be recognized as not only the only woman to lead an important street bank in the United Kingdom, but also as a Scottish.
“Many people talk about me a woman, but I think that most of my peer group come from a much higher social demographic group and tended to be educated in Oxford or Cambridge,” he told Pa.
“I think having that diverse social mobility and gender is really important: we do a lot of work throughout the country to try to encourage people from origins who traditionally do not consider them to be able to enter this type of work.”
Dame Debbie has had a more than 30 years career in the bank, climbing Clydesdale Bank's ranks before becoming executive director of TSB Bank in 2019.
Since he took the best work in Nationwide in 2022, he directed the acquisition of Virgin Money de £ 2.9 billion of the construction society, which has seen him become the second largest provider of mortgages and savings in the United Kingdom.
But give me Debbie also said that some of the works of which he was most proud involved the free dementia clinics throughout the country, with about 30,000 appointments in 200 of his branches during the past year.
She said the clinics “really touch people” and had received numerous messages of thanks from families who had used the service.
Meanwhile, Roisin Currie, a fellow Glaswegian and former students of the University of Strathclyde, has become a commander of the British Empire Order (CBE) for its services to hospitality.
Mrs. Currie became the executive director of Greggs in 2022 after joining the Newcastle bakery chain, popular for her sausage rolls, 12 years before.
Greggs has been growing rapidly throughout the United Kingdom and has established that it exceeds 3,000 stores, with Mrs. Currie supervising the chain that exceeded annual revenues of £ 2 billion for the first time last year.
He spent almost 20 years in Asda before joining Greggs as director of people in 2010.
This year's King birthday honors also recognize the executive director of Sky's group, Dana Strong, who has become CBE for her services to business and the media.
Mrs. Strong succeeded Jeremy Darroch, who led the station for more than a decade, when she took the main work in 2021 of her previous role as president of one of the US business of Sky Comcast, owner of Sky.
The American businesswoman developed her telecommunications career in Austar, which was a satellite subscription television provider in Regional Australia, before occupying executive positions in Virgin Media and Liberty Global.
Since then, it has supervised the launch of Sky Glass, the transmission of TV that does not require plate or satellite box, and the transmission of heaven.
Mrs. Strong told Pa that she was “deeply humiliated” by honor, adding: “It is a great privilege to serve in the creative sector of the United Kingdom, and I am immensely proud of Sky's role in inspiring, enriching and connecting lives throughout the country.”
Another businesswoman who will be honored includes former executive director of Microsoft UK, Clare Barclay, who has become a lady for her services to business, technology and leadership.
Dame Clare has been in Microsoft for more than 26 years, having joined as sales and marketing manager, and now also presides over the Government Industrial Strategy Advisory Council.
Lysssa McGowan, the executive director of Pets AT Home, has become an officer of the British Empire Order (OBE) for her services to retail trade.
