About Louise Makin
Born 1960. Louise Makin is a business executive.
Dame Pamela Louise Makin (born 27 November 1960) is a British business executive.
Early life Makin was born on 27 November 1960. She attended The Queen's School, Chester and King Edward VI High School for Girls and an MBA.
She has been a non-executive director of Intertek Group plc since 1 July 2012, a non-executive director of the Woodford Patient Capital Trust, a trustee of the Outward Bound Trust, and chair of the 1851 Trust. She was previously a non-executive director at Premier Foods from October 2006 to September 2012.
Makin succeeded Paul Walker as chair of the FTSE 100 company Halma plc in July 2021. She stepped down from the board of Intertek a month earlier, in June.
Honours In the 2014 Birthday Honours, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
She is an honorary fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge.
Personal life Makin has two daughters with her partner, Chris, who works in the IT industry.
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British businesswoman
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