Laura Wade-Gery
Laura Wade-Gery (born 1965)[1] is a British business executive.
Career
Wade-Gery (daughter of the late Sir Robert Wade-Gery) was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College[2] and Magdalen College, Oxford, where she studied history and also achieved an ice-hockey blue.[3] As a student she accompanied William Dalrymple on a journey across Asia which is described in Dalrymple's book In Xanadu. Dalrymple has said of Wade-Gery: “Stories of her feats of endurance were common currency; if half of them were true, she had by the age of 21 made Freya Stark look like a dilettante. ... When travelling with her I could never decide whether she reminded me more of Boadicea or Joyce Grenfell ..."[4][5]
After working at Gemini Consulting and Kleinwort Benson, Wade-Gery joined Tesco in 1997 and rose to become chief executive of its online business. She was to have become commercial director of Tesco's non-food operation in 2011 but instead joined the board of Marks & Spencer as executive director of multi-channel e-commerce.[3][6] She is also a member of the British Government's Digital Advisory Board.[7]
References
- ↑ Sir Robert Wade-Gery (obituary), The Times, London, 26 February 2015, page 57 (subscription required)
- ↑ Laura Wade-Gery lands at M&S to take multichannel to the next level, Internet Retailing, 4 July 2011
- 1 2 Bolland lures Tesco's Laura Wade-Gery to run M&S's online operation, The Guardian, London, 7 February 2011
- ↑ Dalrymple, WIlliam, In Xanadu: A Quest, Collins, 1989, pp.12,180
- ↑ M&S reshuffle sparks speculation over chief’s successor, Financial Times, London, 4 July 2014
- ↑ Laura Wade-Gery, Executive Director, Multi-channel, Marks & Spencer
- ↑ Digital Advisory Board profile – Laura Wade-Gery