Amanda Thompson

Amanda Jean Thompson (born September 1962 ) is a British businesswoman who is the managing director of Pleasure Beach Resort (better known as Blackpool Pleasure Beach), president of Stageworks Worldwide Productions, director of Big Blue Hotel and the Boulevard Hotel, and a patron of the Grand Theatre and Blackpool Civic Trust.

She rose to the position of managing director of Pleasure Beach Resort in 2004 after the death of her father, Geoffrey Thompson.

Career

Thompson went to a private school in Oxford, then worked for Disney before producing her first ice show in 1982.

Thompson was appointed managing director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 2004, following the death of her father and grandmother. Her brother, Nicholas Thompson became the deputy managing director. Her sister, Fiona Gilje (nee Thompson) is a board director.

Personal life Thompson was born in Islington, London.