Director of Public Affairs, Virgin Money

Emily Cox

Emily is the Director of Public Affairs at Virgin Money. A qualified lawyer, her role involves building and developing relationships between Virgin Money and policy-makers, decision-makers and other stakeholders, and keeping the business abreast of political and economic developments.

Emily led the Virgin Money team responsible for the Gadhia Review into the representation of women in senior managerial roles in the Financial Services industry. Published in March 2016, the Review resulted in HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, which has been signed by 122 companies.

Emily is a member of the board of the Newcastle Gateshead Initiative and she has been is a member of the Board at Gateshead College since 2012, where she is also the Chair of the Remuneration Committee. She works part time and was on the Timewise, Ones to Watch list 2017.