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Heather Rabbatts is a British businesswoman, broadcaster, and former civil servant. She was born on 6 December 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica. She is the daughter of a Jamaican father and a British mother.
Rabbatts was educated at the University of Sussex, where she studied law and politics. She then went on to become a civil servant, working in the Home Office and the Department of Health.
In 2000, Rabbatts became the first black woman to be appointed to the board of the Football Association. She was also the first woman to be appointed to the board of the Premier League.
Rabbatts has held a number of senior positions in the public and private sectors, including as a non-executive director of the BBC, a trustee of the Tate Gallery, and a member of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.
Rabbatts is currently the Chair of the London Legacy Development Corporation, which is responsible for the regeneration of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. She is also a trustee of the National Theatre and a member of the board of the British Council.
Rabbatts has been awarded an OBE for her services to broadcasting and sport. She is married to the journalist and broadcaster, David Aaronovitch, and they have two children.
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Timeline
On 14 June 2017 it was announced that she would step down from the board of the FA
On 1 June 2015, she resigned from FIFA's anti-discrimination taskforce following Sepp Blatter's re-election as president.
In April 2014, she was a judge in the BBC Woman's Hour power list 2014.
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.
In October 2013, she criticised the make-up of the Football Association's commission to improve the national team as being "all-white, all-male"; Rio Ferdinand was subsequently added to the commission.
On 22 December 2011, Rabbatts became the first woman to be appointed as a director of The Football Association.
On 24 July 2011, she was the guest on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.
In 2010, Rabbatts became a Trustee of Malaria No More UK and later took over as the Chair of Trustees.
On 3 May 2006, Rabbatts was appointed as the new Executive Deputy Chair of Millwall F.C., and, on 27 October 2006, she was appointed as Executive Chairwoman of Millwall Holdings plc, taking over from Peter de Savary.
There were significant improvements in housing, education, and council tax collection. She made her name as the youngest council chief in the country. On leaving Lambeth, in March 2000, Rabbatts became Chief executive of iMPOWER, a public sector consultancy, which she both founded and was co-chair.
Rabbatts was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to football and equality. In November 2016, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.
Rabbatts was a Governor of the BBC from 1999 to 2001, but resigned upon her appointment to Channel 4 where she was managing director of Channel 4's education programmes and business, 4Learning. She is a Governor at the London School of Economics, an Associate of The King's Fund and on the board of directors at the British Council.
From 1987, she worked in local government, becoming Deputy Chief executive of Hammersmith and Fulham in 1989. She became Chief executive of Merton before being appointed to the post of Chief executive of Lambeth in 1995.
Dame Heather Victoria Rabbatts, DBE (born 6 December 1955) is a Jamaican-born British solicitor, businesswoman, and broadcaster, who rose to prominence as Chief executive of the London Borough of Lambeth, the youngest council chief in the UK. She served as a Football Association director from 2011 to 2017 and was the first ethnic minority person to do so. She was also the only woman on its board.
Rabbatts was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1955 and moved to England, when she was three years old. She left school with five O-levels and attended evening classes to study for A-levels. She attended the London School of Economics and became a barrister in 1981.