Elizabeth Fagan

Elizabeth Fagan (born August 1957) is a Scottish businesswoman, chair of D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, and the former managing director of Boots UK.

Early life and education She was born in August 1957, one of eleven children and grew up in Scotland. She has a degree in biochemistry, studying in Glasgow.

In 2018, Fagan was given an honorary doctorate from Nottingham Trent University. taking over in July 2016.

She is the first female managing director of Boots UK. Seb James replaced her as managing director at Boots on 1 September 2018.

Fagan was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to gender equality in business.

D2N2 In July 2018 Fagan was appointed chair of D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, an organisation tasked with stimulating economic growth across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. She revealed a £4m "Angel Fund" in May 2024 that was available to new companies in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire that are between 6 and 18 months old.