Detta O'Cathain, Baroness O'Cathain

Detta O'Cathain Bishop, Baroness O'Cathain, of The Barbican in the City of London OBE ( born February 3, 1938 in Laurel Hill, County Limerick, Ireland ) is a native of Ireland British former business manager and politician of the Conservative Party, the is a life Peeress member of the House of Lords since 1991. Your last name is pronounced [ ka- oh Hoyn ].

Life

After visiting the Laurel Hill Convent in County Limerick, she completed their education in the UK and subsequently worked as a business manager, such as manager of the Milk Marketing Board. In addition, she was active as a member of the Design Council between 1978 and 1980 and then the engineering Council in 1980 until 1983. 1984 she was director of the Midland Bank, and remained in this position until 1993. Detta O'Cathain addition was the 1983 Officer of the Order of the British Empire and was from 1986 to 1992 of the Council of Industrial Society member, was between 1985 and 2000 Member of the Executive Committee ( non-Executive Director ) from Tesco and from 1987 to 1994 from Sears. In 1990, she was Managing Director of the Barbican Centre, the largest cultural and conference center in London, and held this position until 1995.

Detta O'Cathain was raised by a Letters Patent dated 21 June 1991 as Life Peeress with the title Baroness O'Cathain, of The Barbican in the City of London to the peerage. Shortly after July 3, 1991 of its introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the upper house it belongs to the Group of the Conservative Party.

In the following years she served 1993-2004 as a member of the extended management boards of British Airways from 1994 to 1996 by British Electric Traction (BET plc ) and also between 1995 and 2005 BNP Paribas Holdings. In addition, she was also a member of the extended board members of Thistle Hotels (1996 to 2003), South East Water (1998 to 2008), by William Baird plc (2000 to 2002) and from the Alder plc (2000 to 2003).

Detta O'Cathain, which was between 1996 and 1998 first vice president and then to 2001 President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing ( CIM) in Cookham, served from 2000 to 2007, as patron of Women in Banking and Finance and since 2010 Chairman of the Council of Chichester Cathedral.