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Ann Francke OBE CMgr CCMI

Nominated by EngineeringUK

Ann Francke is Chief Executive of the Chartered Management Institute.  She started her career at Procter & Gamble and has held senior executive positions at Mars, Boots, Yell and BSI.

Ann is an expert on gender balance in the workplace and speaks frequently in the media and conferences on this and other management topics. Her book on gender balance publishes in September 2019.  Ann authored the ‘Financial Times Guide to Management’ and has been named in the top 100 women to watch in the 2015 Female FTSE Cranfield report. She was awarded the MemCom award for 'outstanding leadership of a UK professional body’ in 2016.

Ann holds several Board positions and five Honorary Doctorates for her work in management and leadership.

Ann is delighted to join the Engineering Council board and is especially interested in helping to drive progress in the diversity, international, young people and apprenticeship agendas by encouraging greater collaboration and willingness to change.

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