Tiểu sử
Elizabeth Lydia “Eliza” Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller, LG, DCB (born 14 July 1948) is a retired British intelligence officer.
Manningham-Buller was the second daughter in a family of four, born to Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne, and his wife, the former Lady Mary Lindsay. Manningham-Buller was educated at Northampton High School and Benenden School. On 15 July 1991, she married David John Mallock and has five stepchildren by her husband’s prior marriage.
Hoạt động và sự nghiệp
- Eliza Manningham-Buller is chair of the Wellcome Trust, one of the biggest medical trusts in the world.
- The trust was established in 1936 at the behest of pharmaceutical entrepreneur Henry Wellcome. It now has a £20.9 billion investment portfolio.
- The trust continues to tackle the globe’s biggest health problems, including finding a vaccine for Ebola and a cure for three tropical diseases.
- Last year, Manningham-Buller helped add £3.5 billion ($4.6 billion) to the portfolio thanks to an 18.8% return on investment.
- Between 2002 and 2007, Manningham-Buller was Director-General of the UK Security Service (MI5) and led the service through significant change.