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Mary Francis
Non-executive Director
Mary Francis was appointed as a Non-executive director of Cable & Wireless Communications on 25 January 2010, having served as a Non-executive director of Cable and Wireless plc from her appointment on 1 July 2009.
Mary is senior independent director of Centrica plc and a non-executive director of Aviva plc. She has previously been a non-executive director of the Bank of England, of Alliance & Leicester plc prior to its acquisition by Banco Santander and of St Modwen Properties plc.
Mary spent the majority of her career in the UK Civil Service including positions as financial counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington D.C. (1990-1992), private secretary to the Prime Minister (1992-1995) and deputy private secretary to the Queen (1995-1999). From 1999-2005, Mary was director general of the Association of British Insurers.
Mary is a trustee of the Almeida Theatre and a senior adviser to Chatham House.
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