Emily Lawson
Dame Emily Jane Ruth Lawson DBE was Chief Commercial Officer at NHS England. Lawson was responsible for the rollout of the United Kingdom's COVID-19 vaccine programme.
Emily Lawson DBE | |
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| Education | North London Collegiate School Westminster School |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University of East Anglia University of Oxford |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | NHS England |
| Thesis | Molecular and genetic analysis of a modified Ac transposon in Arabidopsis. (1993) |
Early life and education edit
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 edit
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 edit
- Scheres, B.; Wolkenfelt, H.; Willemsen, V.; Terlouw, M.; Lawson, E.; Dean, C.; Weisbeek, P. (1 September 1994). "Embryonic origin of the Arabidopsis primary root and root meristem initials". Development. 120 (9): 2475–2487. doi:10.1242/dev.120.9.2475. hdl:1874/12641. ISSN 1477-9129.
- Making talent a strategic priority (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - Lawson, Emily (2003). The psychology of change management (PDF). McKinsey.
References edit
- ^ "Dr Emily Lawson". WISE. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year up to 31 December 1991
- ^ Lawson, Emily J. R (1993). Molecular and genetic analysis of a modified Ac transposon in Arabidopsis (Thesis). OCLC 53495933.
- ^ a b Leroux, Marcus. "Business big shot: Emily Lawson". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Emily Lawson". NHS Confed Conference. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Morrisons appoints McKinsey partner as group HR director". Retail Week. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Morrisons loses another director as HR boss Emily Lawson departs". Retail Week. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Dr Emily Lawson". WISE. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "NHS England » NHS vaccine programme chief among health service honours". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Hughes, David (8 March 2021). "Johnson praises women leading coronavirus vaccination drive". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b "NHS England » Former vaccine chief returns as NHS prepares for winter". england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Vaccine lead returns to NHS England months after joining No 10". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N8.
- ^ "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.
- ^ England, NHS. "NHS England » NHS vaccine programme chief among health service honours". england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.