MARJORIE SCARDINO NAMED AS BRITAIN'S MOST POWERFUL WOMAN

31 March 2000

Management Today's annual list of the nation's female powerbrokers identifies the risers, the fallers and the new entrants.

Marjorie Scardino, CEO of Pearson, has tipped Carol Galley, co-head of Merrill Lynch, off the top slot to become Britain's most powerful woman. In Management Today's annual list of the nation's women with clout (published today, 31 March 2000) Scardino moves from second to first place ahead of Cherie Booth, Elisabeth Murdoch and DeAnne Julius.

With Martha Lane Fox new in at five, Patricia Hewitt new in at 10 and Julie Meyer new in at 17 - Britain's 50 most powerful women 2000 highlights the growing influence of e-commerce. The year's biggest faller is Mo Mowlam who drops 31 places to 46th position. An impressive year as managing director of SG Asset Management takes Nicola Horlick from 19 to seven - one place behind last year's number one - Carol Galley who has had a tough year marked by a row with Unilever and the loss of several clients.

Other notable new entrants include Margaret Hodge, Anji Hunter - Blair's private secretary, Carol Fisher - head of the Central Office of Information and Janet Street-Porter. free mp3 songs download, black.

Commenting on the list Rufus Olins, MT's editor-in-chief, says:

"The Management Today power list may be short on chief executives, but it's long on clout. These are individuals with the talent and tenacity to guarantee them success in whatever career they choose. Their absence from the higher echelons of business is as much a result of their opting out as it is because of the glass ceiling. Women are voting with their feet and forging ahead in politics, the media and the professions - perhaps because these are careers which offer some flexibility in return for their huge demands."

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Notes to Editors:
Britain's 50 Most Powerful Women appears in the April issue of Management Today. It is compiled by the Management Today editorial team who talk to lawyers, accountants, industrialists, headhunters and leading figures in the City of London about the most powerful women in their spheres.
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