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Carolyn Julia McCall OBE (born 13 September 1961)〔〔(#35. Carolyn McCall ), 'MediaGuardian 100 2009', ''The Guardian'', 13 July 2009〕 is a British businessperson, and the Chief Executive of easyJet. ==Early life and career== Born in Bangalore, India, the only child of British immigrants (her Scottish father ran the Far East division of a US textile multinational; her Irish mother worked for the British High Commission in India),〔 she was educated in India and Singapore until her teens, then at a Roman Catholic girls' boarding school in Derbyshire. She studied for a BA degree in history and politics at the University of Kent, Canterbury, where she met her husband Peter (the couple have three children and live in Berkhamsted).〔 On graduation she began training as a teacher, completing a year at Holland Park School. She then gained a master's degree in politics from the University of London, and subsequently joined construction group Costain. Offered a job on Kevin Kelly's Business magazine, she then applied to be a research planner at ''The Guardian,'' which she joined in 1986. Moving to advertising sales, she was mentored by Caroline Marland. As she rose through the Guardian Media Group behind Marland, ''Management Today'' magazine called her "One of the toughest operators to have risen through The Guardian Media Group's ranks."〔 After rising to become CEO of Guardian Newspapers Ltd (now Guardian News & Media Ltd) in August 2006, she became CEO of GMG. During her tenure the ''Manchester Evening News'' and regionally based business to Trinity Mirror, and a 49.9% stake in Trader Media Group to Apax Partners, in a deal that valued the business at £1.35bn.〔 McCall was a non-executive director of Lloyds TSB (2008–2009), New Look (1999–2005, a position to which she was reappointed in 2010); and Tesco (2005–2008), a position from which she resigned after Tesco sued ''The Guardian'' for libel.〔Jason Deans, ('GMG chief resigns from Tesco board' ), ''The Guardian'', 10 April 2008〕 She was chair of the Business in the Community project Opportunity Now,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Home - Guardian Media Group PLC )〕 and has also acted as President of Women in Advertising and Communications London. McCall was named Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year in April 2008, and in June she was awarded the OBE for services to women in business in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carolyn McCall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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