About Emma Gilthorpe
Emma Gilthorpe was a lawyer.
Charlotte Emma Tiffany Gilthorpe (born 1970) is a British business executive. She was the CEO of the Royal Mail group from May 2024 until June 2025.
Early life She was educated at Leicester Polytechnic. She has a brother and a sister.
Career She is a barrister, and was called to the bar in July 1996.
Gilthorpe worked in the telecoms industry, with BT Group and Cable & Wireless plc, and joined Heathrow Airport in 2009.
She became COO of Heathrow Airport in 2020. In March 2021, she was appointed CEO of the Jet Zero Council, a UK trade body.
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