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Eve Poole
Third Church Estates Commissioner
Assumed office
April 2018
Preceded byAndrew Mackie
Personal details
Born (1972-02-05) 5 February 1972 (age 52)
St Andrews, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Nathan Percival
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(m. 2007)​
ChildrenTwo
Alma mater
ProfessionAuthor
WebsiteOfficial website

Catherine Eve Poole

Third Church Estates Commissioner from April 2018 to October 2021, one of the most senior lay people in the Church of England.[1] She was the first female Chairman of the Board of Governors at Gordonstoun, a private school in Moray, Scotland, from 2015-2021.[2] Her books include Robot Souls, Capitalism's Toxic Assumptions and Leadersmithing, which was Highly Commended in the 2018 Business Book of the Year Awards.[3] She received an OBE for services to education and gender equality in the 2023 New Year Honours List.[4]

Early life and education

Poole was born on 5 February 1972. One of four children, she was educated at

The English-Speaking Union. She studied theology at Durham University and was awarded a BA in 1993 before going on to work for the Church Commissioners. She graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1998. She completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Divinity at Newnham College, Cambridge,[5] in 2010 with a thesis titled From the fall of The Wall to the collapse of credit, Church of England views on capitalism 1989–2008.[6]

Career

Poole started her career working for the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the BBC, the Ministry of Defence, Tesco
and local government.

This combination of careers has made her a frequent commentator on ethics in public life and about how leaders should behave at work.[7] She is a regular contributor to Thought for the Day for BBC Radio Scotland.

In June 2015, she became the first female Chair of the Board of Governors of

Gordonstoun School.[8]

In 2018, Poole became the

Third Church Estates Commissioner, one of the most senior lay people in the Church of England,[9] in succession to Andrew Mackie. As Commissioner, she was a member of the Church Commissioners' Board of Governors and the General Synod of the Church of England. She also chaired the Bishoprics & Cathedrals Committee and the Mission, Pastoral and Church Property Committee. During her term she successfully introduced the Cathedrals Measure 2021, which modernises cathedral governance and places Church of England cathedrals under the regulatory ambit of the Charity Commission
for the first time.

Before taking up the role of Third Church Estates Commissioner, Poole was a research fellow of the William Temple Foundation and the St Paul's Institute. She was on the management boards of Theos and of Faith in Business at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. She was a founding director of the Foundation for Workplace Spirituality (2007–2014), a trustee of the Foundation for Church Leadership (2006–2012), and trustee and deputy chair of the Christian Association of Business Executives (2005–2011). She is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a visiting scholar at Sarum College.

Poole was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to education and gender equality.[10] In January 2024 she was installed as Canon Prebendary of Newthorpe at York Minster where she is a lay canon
on Chapter.

Selected works

References

  1. ^ "Dr Eve Poole to be the next Third Church Estates Commissioner". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "Gordonstoun - Board of Governors". www.gordonstoun.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. ^ "Business Book Awards: Celebrating the Best in Business Books". Business Book Awards. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. ^ "Page N15 | Supplement 63918, 31 December 2022 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4
    . Retrieved 18 March 2019. Third Church Estates Commissioner, since 2018
  6. doi:10.17863/CAM.31228
    . Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. ^ Bradshaw, Della (2017-05-14). "Why manners maketh managers". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  8. ^ "First female chair appointed to Prince Charles' old school Gordonstoun". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  9. ^ "Appointment of Third Church Estates Commissioner | The Church of England". www.churchofengland.org. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  10. ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N15.
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