Julie Kenny
Julie Kenny | |
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 Official portrait | |
| Born | 19 August 1957 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 21 February 2025 (aged 67) Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Businesswoman Chair of trustees |
Dame Julie Ann Kenny DBE DL (19 August 1957 – 21 February 2025) was an English businesswoman who was the interim chair of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and Chair of Trustees of the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust.[1][2]
Life and career
[edit]Kenny was born in Sheffield on 19 August 1957.[3][4][5]
Kenny was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to industry in Yorkshire and Humberside .[1][6] Kenny also served as a Deputy Lieutenant for South Yorkshire from 2005.[7] In 2006, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University.[8]
In 2014, Kenny was announced as the Private Businesswoman of the Year.[9]
She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to heritage.[10][11]
She was appointed a commissioner of Historic England by the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport in February 2023.[12]
Kenny died after a short illness at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, on 21 February 2025, at the age of 67.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chair: Julie Kenny". Gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "TRUSTEE BIOGRAPHIES: Julie Kenny". TRUSTEE BIOGRAPHIES. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ McCormick, Sebastian (24 February 2025). "Tributes to 'force of nature' Dame Julie Kenny after sudden death". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Profile – Julie Kenny: Looking forward to the end of an era and an enterprising new start". The Yorkshire Post. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Kenny, Dame Julie (Ann), (born 19 Aug. 1957), DL; Chairman and Chief Executive (formerly Managing Director), Pyronix Ltd, 1986–2016; Chief Executive and Chairman, Secure Holdings Ltd, 2011–16". Who's Who (UK). Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-276884. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ UK list "No. 56430". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2001. p. 8.
- ^ "Deputy Lieutenants". County of South Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Julie Kenny CBE DL, Honorary Doctorate 2006". Sheffield Hallam University. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Julie Kenny wins Private Business Woman of the Year 2014". Welcome to Sheffield. 11 September 2014.
- ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B8.
- ^ David Hughes (23 June 2019). "Queen's birthday honours list 2019: full list of everyone being recognised this year".
- ^ "Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL appointed Commissioner of Historic England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ Davison, Jo (24 February 2025). "Tributes paid to 'remarkable' Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL". Rotherham Advertiser. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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