Betty Thayer

Betty Thayer (born 1958) is a retired businesswoman who advocates for Women in Business and lectures internationally on the role of the non-executive director. Thayer has been published extensively as an expert on these topics.

Career

Formerly Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Think London, Thayer has non-executive roles at the Piccola Accademia di Montisi in Italy and the Church Urban Fund.

She was CEO of [http://www.exec-appointments.com Exec-Appointments LTD] , a subsidiary of The Financial Times, part of Pearson plc, and the non-executive director of businesses in the online executive and board recruitment sector. Previously, she was a member of the management board at Lex Service PLC (now RAC plc) from 1995 to 1997. In her career at Ernst & Young and Andersen Consulting, she specialised in lean manufacturing, including co-authoring with Professor Dan Jones "The Lean Enterprise Benchmarking Report" in 1994.

In recent years, her views upon non-executive directorship have been drawn upon by a range of national media outlets, including The Daily Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/11/20/ccboard20.xml] and the BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6641661.stm] . The "Tyson Report on the Recruitment and Development of Non-Executive Directors", written by a taskforce including employees of the London Business School and the Department of Trade and Industry, drew upon Thayer's expertise [http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk/publications/Tyson_report.doc] . She has also contributed to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/zmonday_20031027.shtml] .

A dual U.S. and UK citizen, Thayer has an MBA from Vanderbilt University (1982) and is a Freeman of the City of London, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of World Traders, and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants [http://www.wcomc.org.uk/tclist.asp?member_type_id=100] . Thayer served as a panelist at the 5th Annual Women in Business Conference, held at London Business School [http://conference.wiblondon.org/2004/panels_future.html] , and was a judge at the Institute of Company Secretary’s (ICSA) Secretary of the Year Awards in October 2007. [http://www.icsaevents.com/PDFs/ICSA_Awards_2007_Leaflet.pdf] .

Publications

#Jones, D.T., Oliver, N., Delbridge, R., Lowe, J., Roberts, P., Thayer, B. (1994), "The Second Lean Enterprise Report – Worldwide Manufacturing Competitiveness Study", Andersen Consulting, London.
#"Portfolio Working - Plural Careers Prove to Be a Singular Success". A survey by exec-appointments.com and IDDAS.

References

#http://www.rec-con.co.uk/article.php/News/Moving_on_/1954
#http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/11/20/ccboard20.xml
#http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6641661.stm
#http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk/publications/Tyson_report.doc#http://www.management-issues.com/display_page.asp?section=research&id=2949
#http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/zmonday_20031027.shtml
#http://www.wcomc.org.uk/tclist.asp?member_type_id=100
#http://conference.wiblondon.org/2004/panels_future.html
#http://www.icsaevents.com/PDFs/ICSA_Awards_2007_Leaflet.pdf
#http://www.mba-direct.com/WIB.aspx
#http://www2.owen.vanderbilt.edu/inside/april2004.htm
#http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2006/11/16/edurankings.xml
#http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Thayer_Betty_6863233.aspx
#http://www.onrec.com/content2/news.asp?ID=10880
#http://www.management-issues.com/2006/8/24/research/the-old-boy-network-is-alive-and-well.asp
#http://www.bath.ac.uk/management/news_events/news/2005/28-2.html
#http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/search/article/422624/the-unusual-suspects/