May 16, 2024
Who is Paula Vennells? Ex-Post Office boss in Horizon IT inquiry
Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells is set to give evidence next week as part of the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal. She went on to work in management positions at big brands such as Argos, Dixons, L'Oréal, Morrisons, Dunelm and Whitbread. After leaving the Post Office in 2019, she acted as a non-executive board member at the Cabinet Office for a year, and also became chairman of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust but left this post in December 2020 citing personal reasons. Age: 65Education: University of BradfordFamily: Married to John Vennells with two adult sonsRecent roles: Chief executive of Post Office from 2012 to 2019, ordained Church of England minister, former chair of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, non-executive board member at the Cabinet Office between February 2019 and March 2020. Ms Vennells joined the Post Office in 2007 as a group network director, and was promoted to chief executive in 2012, the same year that the Post Office split from Royal Mail. Ms Vennells faced increasing criticism and scrutiny of how she dealt with the investigation into the Horizon software while she worked at the Post Office.
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