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{{Short description|British businessperson}}
{{Short description|British businessperson}}
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'''Dame Carolyn Julia McCall''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} (born 13 September 1961)<ref name="ManToday">{{cite web|url=http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/757878/the-mt-interview-carolyn-mccall/|title=Carolyn McCall|author=Andrew Davidson|date=26 October 2007|publisher=Management Today|accessdate=24 December 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/10/carolyn-mccall-mediaguardian-100-2009 #35. Carolyn McCall], 'MediaGuardian 100 2009', ''The Guardian'', 13 July 2009</ref> is a Scottish-Irish businesswoman and the chief executive of [[ITV plc|ITV]] since 2018.<ref name="director-magazine-itv-chief-executive">{{cite web|url=https://www.director.co.uk/carolyn-mccall-itv-chief-executive-23006-2/|title=Carolyn McCall takes up post as first woke female chief executive of ITV|publisher=Director magazine|date=8 January 2018|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref> She previously served as the chief executive of [[easyJet]] from 2010 to 2017.

== Early life and career ==
McCall was born on 13 September 1961 in [[Bangalore]], India, the only child of British expats. Her Scottish father, Arthur McCall, ran the Far East division of a US textile multinational and her Irish mother, Colleen McCall, worked for the [[British High Commission]] in India.<ref name=ManToday/><ref>{{Cite web|title=McCall, Dame Carolyn, (Dame Carolyn Frawley), (born 13 Sept. 1961), Chief Executive, ITV plc, since 2018|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-151431|access-date=2021-09-14|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U151431|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}}</ref> She was educated in [[India]] and [[Singapore]] until her teens, then at a [[Roman Catholic]] girls' boarding school in [[Derbyshire]]. She studied for a BA degree in history and politics at the [[University of Kent]], [[Canterbury]], where she met her husband Peter; the couple have three children (Emmeline, Max, and Dan) and live in [[Berkhamsted]].<ref name=ManToday/>

On graduation she began training as a teacher, completing a year at [[Holland Park School]]. She then gained a [[master's degree]] in politics from the [[University of London]], and subsequently joined construction group [[Costain Group|Costain]]. She was offered a job on [[Kevin Kelly (editor)|Kevin Kelly's]] ''Business'' magazine.

McCall was a non-executive director of [[Lloyds TSB]] (2008–2009), [[New Look (clothing retailer)|New Look]] (1999–2005, a position to which she was reappointed in 2010); and [[Tesco]] (2005–2008), a position from which she resigned after Tesco sued ''The Guardian'' for libel.<ref>Jason Deans, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/10/theguardian.guardianmediagroup 'GMG chief resigns from Tesco board'], ''The Guardian'', 10 April 2008</ref> She was chair of the [[Business in the Community]] project Opportunity Now,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmgplc.co.uk|title=Home – Guardian Media Group PLC|work=gmgplc.co.uk}}</ref> and has also acted as president of [[Women in Advertising]] and [[Communications London]].

== Guardian Media Group ==
McCall applied to be a research planner at ''[[The Guardian]],'' which she joined in 1986.<ref name="ManToday" />

Moving to advertising sales, she was mentored by [[Caroline Marland]]. As she rose through the [[Guardian Media Group]] behind Marland, ''Management Today'' magazine called her "one of the toughest operators to have risen through The Guardian Media Group's ranks."<ref name="ManToday" /> After rising to become CEO of Guardian Newspapers Ltd (now Guardian News & Media Ltd) in August 2006,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/23/carolyn-mccall-leaves-guardian-easyjet|title=Guardian group chief executive Carolyn McCall to join easyJet|last1=Davies|first1=Caroline|date=23 March 2010|work=The Guardian|accessdate=20 August 2014}}</ref> she became CEO of the Guardian Media Group. During her tenure the ''[[Manchester Evening News]]'' and regionally based business were sold to [[Trinity Mirror]], and a 49.9% stake in [[Auto Trader Group|Trader Media Group]] was sold to [[Apax Partners]], in a deal that valued the business at £1.35bn.<ref name="ManToday" />

== easyJet ==
On 24 March 2010, McCall's appointment as the chief executive of [[easyJet]] was announced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.easyjet.com/en/media/latest-news/news-year-2010/24-03-10.aspx|title=easyJet Media Centre|work=easyjet.com}}</ref> She was said to prefer a "pragmatic approach to [[Human Resources|human resources]] rather than politically correct niceties".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2005/11/01/32316/guardian-of-the-people.html|title=Guardian of the people – Personnel Today|date=1 November 2005|access-date=20 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217182847/http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2005/11/01/32316/guardian-of-the-people.html|archive-date=17 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> McCall became one of five female CEOs of a [[FTSE 100 Index]] company.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/ftse-100-diversity-boost-as-brittain-named-whitbread-boss-1-7273859 |title=FTSE 100 diversity boost as Brittain named Whitbread boss |date=22 May 2015 |newspaper=[[Yorkshire Post]] |access-date=15 June 2015 }}</ref>

During McCall's tenure at easyJet, the airline's shares almost quadrupled,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/985b8a82-6b05-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa|title=Carolyn McCall wins over critics in 7 years at easyJet|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> and McCall arranged for the airline to "snatch up pieces" of [[Air Berlin]] and [[Alitalia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/11/18/5m-goodbye-departing-easyjet-chief-dame-carolyn/|title=£5m goodbye for departing easyJet chief Dame Carolyn|last=Gerrard|first=Bradley|date=18 November 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=11 May 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

McCall's departure from easyJet was announced on 17 July 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://atwonline.com/people/easyjet-ceo-carolyn-mccall-step-down|title=EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall to step down|last=Moores|first=Victoria|date=17 July 2017 |website=atwonline.com|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> after seven years at the company. [[Michael O'Leary (businessman)|Michael O'Leary]], the CEO of rival [[Ryanair]], said the airline industry would have been poorer without her; "I clearly underestimated her and I was proved wrong. She forced us to up our game on customer service. EasyJet and the industry are better as a result of her tenure." [[Willie Walsh (businessman)|Willie Walsh]], chief executive of the [[British Airways]] parent [[International Airlines Group]], said he was "sorry to see Carolyn [McCall] leave".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/985b8a82-6b05-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa|title=Carolyn McCall wins over critics in 7 years at easyJet |website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref>

McCall left EasyJet with a £5 million payment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/11/18/5m-goodbye-departing-easyjet-chief-dame-carolyn/|title=£5m goodbye for departing easyJet chief Dame Carolyn|last=Gerrard|first=Bradley|date=18 November 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=24 September 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> The company appointed [[Johan Lundgren (businessman)|Johan Lundgren]], then deputy chief executive of [[TUI Group]], as her successor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://skift.com/2017/11/10/easyjet-picks-surprise-successor-to-outgoing-ceo-carolyn-mccall/|title=EasyJet Picks Surprise Successor to Outgoing CEO Carolyn McCall|date=10 November 2017|website=Skift|language=en-US|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref>

== ITV ==
On 8 January 2018, following seven years as easyJet chief executive, McCall became the first female chief executive of commercial broadcaster [[ITV plc|ITV]].<ref name="director-magazine-itv-chief-executive" /> She replaced [[Adam Crozier]] in the role.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/17/carolyn-mccall-itv-chief-executive-easyjet-adam-crozier|title=Carolyn McCall to become ITV chief executive|last=correspondent|first=Mark Sweney Media business|date=17 July 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 September 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

She is a creator of [[BritBox]], a subscription video service venture in partnership with the [[BBC]] which launched of late 2019 in the UK. She said "It's quite bold, going into a market which [[Netflix]] has already been in for eight years."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/dame-carolyn-mccall-meet-the-itv-boss-who-tackled-an-easyjet-meltdown-and-rewrote-tv-history-1-9912360|title=Dame Carolyn McCall: meet the ITV boss who tackled an EasyJet meltdown and rewrote TV history|website=www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk|language=en|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref>

McCall earned a £3.7 million salary at ITV in 2018. Her 2019 base salary was set to increase by 2.5 per cent "in line with the wider employee group".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/09b99236-499f-11e9-bbc9-6917dce3dc62|title=ITV boss Carolyn McCall earned £3.7m in 2018 |website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> In April 2020, McCall along with other senior executives took a 20% pay cut in the wake of the [[Coronavirus disease 2019|coronavirus]] pandemic.<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 July 2020|title=ITV boss: 'We're fighting for every eyeball'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53403470|access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

McCall serves as a non-executive board member in the [[Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/carolyn-mccall|title=Dame Carolyn McCall – GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
McCall was named [[Veuve Clicquot]] Businesswoman of the Year in April 2008, and was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]] for services to women in business.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/great-escape-a-crash-course-in-summer-holidays-8740534.html|title=Great escape: A crash course in summer holidays|last1=Usborne|first1=Simon|date=3 August 2013|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=15 June 2015|last2=Williams|first2=Holly}}</ref>

In February 2013, she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by ''[[Woman's Hour]]'' on [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb/features/power-list-100|title=BBC Radio 4 – Woman's Hour – The Power List 2013|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

In June 2014, McCall was awarded a Doctor of Science Honoris Causa by [[Cranfield University]] in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the aerospace industry and her distinguished achievements in international business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/media-centre/news-archive/news-2014/cranfield-university-graduation-2014.html|title=Graduation 2014|publisher=Cranfield University}}</ref> She was appointed [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]] for services to the aviation industry.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61450|supp=y|page=N8|date=30 December 2015}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120502151625/http://corporate.easyjet.com/about-easyjet/our-management/board-of-directors.aspx Biography at easyJet]

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