Carol Galley is a businesswoman who, as a Director of Mercury Asset Management

Mercury Asset Management

Mercury Asset Management plc was a leading British investment management business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.-History:...

, was regarded as the most powerful woman in the City

City of London

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 in the 1990s.

She was educated at Gosforth Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

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 and at the University of Leicester

University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....

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She no longer actively makes fund management decisions. Although she is a very sought after public speaker, she is pursuing many other interests including travel, and golf. She features on the 2006 Sunday Times Rich List

Sunday Times Rich List

The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989...

with a personal wealth of £80 million.