Camilla Cavendish

Camilla Cavendish is a leader writer and columnist at The Times. She comments on current affairs, and campaigns to expose miscarriages of justice, particularly in the family court system. She is also a presenter of the Analysis series on Radio 4.

Before joining The Times in 2002 Camilla worked for Marjorie Scardino, Chief Executive of Pearson plc. From 1995 to 1999 she was Chief Executive of the South Bank Employers’ Group, a joint venture between companies that included Shell, IBM and the National Theatre, helping to regenerate the South Bank of the Thames with construction and arts projects.  She learned how to bring business expertise to bear on non-profit issues as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Camilla Cavendish was a Kennedy Memorial Trust Scholar at Harvard University, where she gained a Master of Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government. She holds a first class honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.


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