Johanna Waterous

Johanna Elizabeth Martin Waterous CBE (born September 1957) is a London-based Canadian businesswoman.

Early life Johanna Elizabeth Martin Waterous was born in September 1957 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario She received a Master in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1985. Following business school, she joined McKinsey & Company in London, where she worked for over two decades. She ultimately became the Leader of its European Retail and Co-Head of its Global Consumer Marketing practice by 2007.

Waterous was a Non-Executive Director of Wm Morrisons PLC (2016), and the Senior Independent Director of Rexam PLC (2017) and RSA Insurance Group PLC (2018). Additionally, she served on the Board of Directors of Shoppers Drug Mart. and Director of Kew Enterprises from 2008 to 2018.

By 2012, Waterous had donated £4,000 to the Conservative Party.

Waterous is also a Trustee and Governor of the Governing Board of The Courtauld Institute.

Personal life Waterous has one son and is married to media and technology entrepreneur Roger Parry.