Martha Lane Fox

The Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho
Lane Fox in 2013
Chancellor of the Open University
Assumed office
12 March 2014
Preceded byThe Lord Puttnam
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
26 March 2013
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Martha Lane Fox

(1973-02-10) 10 February 1973 (age 51)
London, England
Political partyNone (crossbencher)
Parent
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
OccupationEntrepreneur, life peer

Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, CBE HonFREng[1][nb 1] (born 10 February 1973) is a British businesswoman, philanthropist and public servant. She co-founded Last Minute during the dotcom boom of the early 2000s and has subsequently served on public service digital projects. She sits on the boards of WeTransfer and Chanel, as well as being a trustee of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust. She previously served on the board of Channel 4.[3]

She entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher on 26 March 2013, becoming its youngest female member;[4] she was appointed Chancellor of the Open University on 12 March 2014.[5] In October 2019, she was named by media and marketing publication The Drum as the most influential woman in Britain's digital sector from the past quarter of a century.[6]

  1. ^ "Introduction of Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho and Lord Berkeley of Knighton". UK Parliament. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Digital boss Martha Lane Fox to get peerage". BBC News. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. ^ Allan Leighton (22 September 2011). Tough Calls: Making the right decisions in challenging times. Random House. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-4464-7304-7.
  4. ^ "Digital boss Martha Lane Fox joins House of Lords". BBC News. 26 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Martha Lane Fox appointed as Chancellor of The Open University". .open.ac.uk. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Martha Lane Fox named most influential woman in digital over the last 25 years". The Drum. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.


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