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Ms. Margaret Exley C.B.E.
Chairman, Mercer Delta Consulting Ltd.
& Former Non-Executive Director, H M Treasury

Margaret Exley is the Chairman of Mercer Delta in the UK, a consulting firm that works with Chief Executives and Chairmen of major companies on organisation design, leadership and corporate governance. She was a Non-Executive Director of H M Treasury from 1999 to 2005, and has had a variety of other Non-Executive roles in the public and private sectors. Before Mercer Delta, Margaret was Managing Partner for Towers Perrin Europe. She graduated with a BA (Econ) from the University of Manchester and completed an MSc at Warwick Business School, going on to a Research Fellowship at the Manchester Business School in 1973. Following a period in the Cabinet Office and the Civil Service Department Margaret joined Hay Management Consultants and from there she co-founded Kinsley Lord in the mid-1980s which grew to be the UK's leading change management consultancy. Her recent clients have included Shell, Unilever, Corus, HBOS, O2 and AOL. She also led the consulting teams which advised on the design and transition planning for the FSA and OFCOM. She has written and spoken widely on change management and leadership. In 2001 Margaret was awarded a C.B.E. for services to management in the public sector. She has two children and lives in West London.

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