Mary Curnock Cook
Mary Curnock Cook OBE is a British manager who was CEO of the organisation that administers the entry of students into British Universities.Life
She left school at sixteen and took a job as a secretary at International Biochemicals. She was promoted in time to the position of their director of international sales and marketing.
She became a Sloan Fellow. This is a program is a mid-career master's degree in general management and leadership for entrants who have already achieved some success in their careers. She obtained a master's degree from the London Business School in 2001.
In 2000 she was awarded an Order of the British Empire for assisting training within the hospitality industry.
Whilst CEO of UCAS she joined the debate about discrimination against men in education. Commenting on a study by her own organisation she was quoted as saying "Has the women’s movement now become so normalised that we cannot conceive of needing to take positive action to secure equal education outcomes for boys?”
She stood down as the CEO of UCAS in 2017.Awards
She is an honorary Fellow of Birkbeck College.
