Fiona Reynolds

Dame Fiona Claire Reynolds DBE (born 29 March 1958) was the Director-General of the National Trust until November 2012. 

 Education 
Reynolds was educated at Rugby High School for Girls, an all-girls grammar school in Rugby, Warwickshire. She holds bachelor's degree in geography and land economy from Newnham College, Cambridge. She has postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge. She also Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in land economy. 

 Career 
Reynolds held different positions in the Council for National Parks and the Campaign for Rural England before joining the Cabinet Office as Director of the Women's Unit. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). She became Director General of the National Trust. She was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio. 

 Recognition 
Reynolds was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours for "services to heritage and conservation". In 2019 she was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Patron’s Medal for her contribution to environmental protection, conservation and the preservation of the British landscape.

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Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Cumbria