Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, DBE (born 18 October 1948[1]) is a New Zealand-born British solicitor, local government politician and academic. She has been the first woman to hold a number of public roles in the United Kingdom such as a two-year term as Provost of King's College, Cambridge and chair of the Royal Opera House.
She lectured at Otago before moving to the UK as a lecturer in law at the University of Southampton and then King's College London, from 1976 to 1989, where she set up and became director of the Anglo-French Law Degree (Sorbonne), the first joint degree in Europe.[3][4][5]
In 1986, she entered private practice as an employment lawyer, rising to become special adviser to the chairman at Clifford Chance, a global law firm.[3] In 2006, she was appointed to the board of directors of Merrill Lynch.[6]
She was closely involved in the running of the City of London from 1986. In that year she was elected to the City of London Corporation and chaired the corporation's Policy and Resources Committee from 1996 to 2003. From 2001 she was City and Business Advisor to Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London.[3][4]
She is a trustee of the Imperial War Museum and of the Urban Land Institute, and co-chair of the British Dutch Dialogues, the Apeldoorn Conference.[2][6][8]
judith, mayhew, jonas, dame, born, october, 1948, zealand, born, british, solicitor, local, government, politician, academic, been, first, woman, hold, number, public, roles, united, kingdom, such, year, term, provost, king, college, cambridge, chair, royal, o. Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas DBE born 18 October 1948 1 is a New Zealand born British solicitor local government politician and academic She has been the first woman to hold a number of public roles in the United Kingdom such as a two year term as Provost of King s College Cambridge and chair of the Royal Opera House Mayhew Jonas in 2023 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Honours and awards 4 Personal 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editBorn and educated in New Zealand Judith Mayhew was the daughter of Bill and Joyce Mayhew 2 She attended Corstorphine Primary School in Dunedin and Otago Girls High School graduating LLM from the University of Otago 3 Career editShe lectured at Otago before moving to the UK as a lecturer in law at the University of Southampton and then King s College London from 1976 to 1989 where she set up and became director of the Anglo French Law Degree Sorbonne the first joint degree in Europe 3 4 5 In 1986 she entered private practice as an employment lawyer rising to become special adviser to the chairman at Clifford Chance a global law firm 3 In 2006 she was appointed to the board of directors of Merrill Lynch 6 She was closely involved in the running of the City of London from 1986 In that year she was elected to the City of London Corporation and chaired the corporation s Policy and Resources Committee from 1996 to 2003 From 2001 she was City and Business Advisor to Ken Livingstone the Mayor of London 3 4 Mayhew Jonas served on a number of boards of educational and cultural institutions In 1999 she was appointed chair of governors at Birkbeck University of London 5 She was Provost of King s College Cambridge from 2003 05 the first woman to hold this post 7 She was the first woman to chair the Royal Opera House 2 4 She is a trustee of the Imperial War Museum and of the Urban Land Institute and co chair of the British Dutch Dialogues the Apeldoorn Conference 2 6 8 From 2008 to 2022 she was Provost Chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln England 2 9 Mayhew Jonas features in a film series Dreamcatchers about successful expatriate New Zealanders 10 Honours and awards editMayhew Jonas was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Otago in 1998 She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire DBE in the 2002 Birthday Honours for services to the City of London 5 In 2004 she was made New Zealander of the Year in Britain 11 She was Global Award Winner at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards in 2015 3 Personal editShe married Christopher Jonas an English property consultant in 2003 4 References edit Who s Who An Annual Biographical Dictionary London UK A amp C Black 1410 2001 a b c d de Lore Clare 16 March 2017 Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas Little girls didn t dream about chairing boards Noted Retrieved 4 August 2020 a b c d e Trailblazing women PDF Otago Law Faculty of Law newsletter Summer 2015 pp 10 12 a b c d The very New Zealand Dame PDF University of Otago Magazine No 6 October 2003 pp 18 20 a b c Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas Birkbeck University of London Birkbeck University of London Retrieved 4 August 2020 a b Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas DBE Chatham House Retrieved 4 August 2020 First female to head King s quits after two unpopular years The Independent 19 July 2005 Retrieved 4 August 2020 Prime Minister extends term of Imperial War Museum Trustee GOV UK 6 October 2016 Retrieved 4 August 2020 Virtual graduates get to attend Lincoln university ceremony BBC News 26 July 2022 Retrieved 15 June 2023 Series about Kiwi expats success to aid education Otago Daily Times Online News 4 July 2020 Retrieved 4 August 2020 Leathley Siobhan 1 February 2013 NZ summer still special for trail blazer NZ Herald ISSN 1170 0777 Retrieved 4 August 2020 External links editCambridge University website accessed 18 February 2017 Profile chathamhouse org accessed 18 February 2017 Academic officesPreceded byPatrick Bateson Provost of King s College Cambridge2003 2005 Succeeded byRoss HarrisonNew title Chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University2008 present Incumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Judith Mayhew Jonas amp oldid 1172179278, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
