Dawn Jacquelyn Austwick, OBE (born December 1960)[1] was the chief executive (CEO) of the Big Lottery Fund from October 2014 to 2020.
[2] After university, Austwick worked in arts sponsorship and fundraising before becoming a management consultant at KPMG.
She was then the project director overseeing the opening of Tate Modern.
[4][2][1][3][6] She was awarded an honorary doctorate from London Metropolitan University in 2006.
[7] Austwick is married with three children, and lives in north London.