Julie Kenny - Wikiwand

British businesswoman (1957–2025)

Born(1957-08-19)19 August 1957

Died21 February 2025(2025-02-21) (aged 67)

Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

OccupationBusinesswoman

Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL

Born	(1957-08-19)19 August 1957 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Died	21 February 2025(2025-02-21) (aged 67) Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Occupation	Businesswoman

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]

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 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 2 "Chair: Julie Kenny". Gov.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
↑ "TRUSTEE BIOGRAPHIES: Julie Kenny". TRUSTEE BIOGRAPHIES. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
↑ McCormick, Sebastian (24 February 2025). "Tributes to 'force of nature' Dame Julie Kenny after sudden death". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ UK list "No. 56430". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2001. p. 8.
↑ "Deputy Lieutenants". County of South Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
↑ "Julie Kenny CBE DL, Honorary Doctorate 2006". Sheffield Hallam University. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
↑ "Julie Kenny wins Private Business Woman of the Year 2014". Welcome to Sheffield. 11 September 2014.
↑ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B8.
↑ David Hughes (23 June 2019). "Queen's birthday honours list 2019: full list of everyone being recognised this year".
↑ "Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL appointed Commissioner of Historic England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
↑ Davison, Jo (24 February 2025). "Tributes paid to 'remarkable' Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL". Rotherham Advertiser. Retrieved 24 February 2025.

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