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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Maggie Carver
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| birth_name = Margaret Adela Miriam Hall
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|07|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sutton-on-Hull]]
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| nationality = British
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| spouse = William Carver
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| children = Siena, Rachel
| residence = [[Hampshire]]
| alma_mater = [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]]
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| profession = Businesswoman
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'''Margaret Adela Miriam Carver''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (née '''Hall'''; born 10 July 1964) is an English businesswoman. She is currently Interim Chairman of [[Ofcom]],<ref> Gov.UK https://gov.uk/government/news/deputy-chair-and-audit-and-risk-board-member-appointed-to-ofcom retrieved 15 October 2018</ref> and Chairman of the Racecourse Association [http://racecourseassociation.co.uk/ (RCA)].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://racecourseassociation.co.uk/wordpress-cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/RCA-Annual-Report-FINAL-COPY-2017.pdf | title = Racecourse Association Annual report 2017| access-date = 17 January 2018 }}</ref><ref>The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/maggie-carver-entrepreneurial-women-are-ignored-because-of-blinkered-city-managers-h93t6zt7xxw. July 4 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018. </ref> She was the first woman Chairman of [[ITN]]<ref>http://www.itn.co.uk/press-releases/itn-announces-new-chairman/ ITN Retrieved 17 January 2018</ref> and also the first woman to fill the RCA, and BBFC Chairmanships.
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==Career==
After leaving St Edmund Hall, on the advice of her mentor, [[Lord Moser]], Carver began working for [[SG Warburg]], firstly in the Banking Division, then as an analyst at SG Warburg Securities in Tokyo, and subsequently in Corporate Finance. After leaving SG Warburg, she worked for [[Clive Hollick, Baron Hollick]], Chief Executive of MAI plc (now [[UBM plc]]) in corporate affairs, during which time she helped establish and was on the executive board of [[Meridian Television]], and joined the boards of [[Satellite Information Services]] (SIS), and Avenir Havas Media SA. She then worked as [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of Three on Four Ltd, a company producing sports and music outside broadcasting including [[Sky Sports|Sky]] football and [[Channel 4 Racing]].<ref>https://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/hr/cdprp/women_leadership/biographies/maggie-carver.html Oxford Brookes University. 17 January 2018 </ref> Since then she has served as a non-executive director on the boards of [[Sporting Index|Sporting Index (Holdings) plc]], Link Licensing Limited, [[Channel Five]], SDN Limited, RDF Media Group plc, [[British Waterways]],<ref>British Waterways Board minutes http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/media/documents/meetings/board-papers/Draft-BW-Board-Minutes-19-05-11-for-publication.pdf</ref> the [[Eden Project]],<ref>Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/Le6REqkroEptkyK7U_utRqFygUw/appointments</ref> [[Services Sound and Vision Corporation]] and the [[Horserace Betting Levy Board]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Barber | first = Bill | title = Levy scheme sent for determination | date = 31 October 2016 | work = [[Racing Post]] | url = https://www.racingpost.com/news/levy-scheme-sent-for-determination/266038 | access-date = 17 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last = Barber | first = Bill | title = Levy reforms latest: Sir Hugh Robertson named Racing Authority chairman | date = 8 January 2018 | work = [[Racing Post]] | url = https://www.racingpost.com/news/levy-reforms-latest-sir-hugh-robertson-named-racing-authority-chairman/314931 | access-date = 17 January 2018}}</ref>, and the British Horseracing Authority<ref>{{Cite web|last=Authority|first=The British Horseracing|title=BHA aims to strengthen collaboration with the racing industry on its Board|url=https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/bha-aims-to-strengthen-collaboration-with-the-racing-industry/|access-date=2021-10-22|website=The British Horseracing Authority|language=en-GB}}</ref>. Between 2006 and 2017 she was joint owner and director of Carver Care and Mobility, an online and retail mobility specialist. She has served as Chairman of the [[British Board of Film Classification]] (BBFC)<ref>http://www.ukwhoswho.com/search?btog=chap&q0=margaret+carver Who's Who Retrieved 17 January 2018 </ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bbfc.co.uk/about-bbfc/who-we-are|title=Who we are {{!}} British Board of Film Classification|website=www.bbfc.co.uk|access-date=2018-01-20}}</ref> Racetech<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racetech.co.uk/about-1//|title = Heritage | accessdate= 28 October 2019}}</ref>
Carver was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2021 New Year Honours]] for services to sport and the media sector.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63218|supp=y|page=N8|date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
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