The Baroness Fairhead | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion | |
| In office 28 September 2017 – 7 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | The Lord Price |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (2020) |
| Chairman of the BBC Trust | |
| In office 9 October 2014 – 3 April 2017 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Patten of Barnes Diane Coyle (acting) |
| Succeeded by | David Clementi (as Chair of the BBC Board) |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rona Alison Haig 28 August 1961 Cumberland |
| Political party | Crossbench (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Spouse | Thomas Edwin Fairhead |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | |
Rona Alison Fairhead, Baroness Fairhead, CBE (née Haig; born 28 August 1961), is a life peer and businesswoman. [1] She served as a minister of state at the Department for International Trade from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, she was the last chairman of the BBC Trust before its abolition and the first woman to hold the post.[2]
On 3 September 2017, it was announced that trade policy minister Lord Price would leave the government; on 28 September, Fairhead was appointed to succeed him.[3][4] Fairhead resigned as Minister of State in May 2019 having completed her agreed term.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Debrettswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Rona Fairhead BBC Trust Chairwoman". BBC News. BBC. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Greg Hands to take over responsibility for trade policy as Lord Price pursues business and writing interests". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "New ministerial appointments September 2017: DfE and DIT". Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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