Julie Kenny

Dame
Julie Kenny
DBE DL
Born(1957-08-19)19 August 1957
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Died21 February 2025(2025-02-21) (aged 67)
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
OccupationBusinesswoman

Dame Julie Ann Kenny (19 August 1957 – 21 February 2025) was an English businesswoman who was the interim chair of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and Chair of Trustees of the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust.[1][2]

Life and career

Kenny was born in Sheffield on 19 August 1957.[3][4][5]

Kenny was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to industry in Yorkshire and Humberside .[1][6] Kenny also served as a Deputy Lieutenant for South Yorkshire from 2005.[7] In 2006, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University.[8]

In 2014, Kenny was announced as the Private Businesswoman of the Year.[9]

Kenny in 2017

Kenny was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to heritage.[10][11]

Kenny was appointed a commissioner of Historic England by the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport in February 2023.[12]

Kenny died after a short illness at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, on 21 February 2025, at the age of 67.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chair: Julie Kenny". Gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "TRUSTEE BIOGRAPHIES: Julie Kenny". TRUSTEE BIOGRAPHIES. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  3. ↑ McCormick, Sebastian (24 February 2025). "Tributes to 'force of nature' Dame Julie Kenny after sudden death". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Profile – Julie Kenny: Looking forward to the end of an era and an enterprising new start". The Yorkshire Post. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kenny, Dame Julie (Ann), (born 19 Aug. 1957), DL; Chairman and Chief Executive (formerly Managing Director), Pyronix Ltd, 1986–2016; Chief Executive and Chairman, Secure Holdings Ltd, 2011–16". Who's Who (UK). Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U276884. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  6. ↑ UK list "No. 56430". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2001. p. 8.
  7. ↑ "Deputy Lieutenants". County of South Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Julie Kenny CBE DL, Honorary Doctorate 2006". Sheffield Hallam University. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Julie Kenny wins Private Business Woman of the Year 2014". Welcome to Sheffield. 11 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B8.
  11. ↑ David Hughes (23 June 2019). "Queen's birthday honours list 2019: full list of everyone being recognised this year".
  12. ↑ "Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL appointed Commissioner of Historic England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  13. ↑ Davison, Jo (24 February 2025). "Tributes paid to 'remarkable' Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL". Rotherham Advertiser. Retrieved 24 February 2025.


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