Dame Heather Victoria Rabbatts, DBE (born 6 December 1955) is a Jamaican-born British solicitor, businesswoman, and broadcaster, who rose to prominence as Chief executive of the London Borough of Lambeth, the youngest council chief in the UK.
On leaving Lambeth, in March 2000, Rabbatts became Chief executive of iMPOWER, a public sector consultancy, which she both founded and was co-chair.
She is a Governor at the London School of Economics, an Associate of The King's Fund and on the board of directors at the British Council.
In February 2013, she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.
[10] On 14 June 2017 it was announced that she would step down from the board of the FA[11] On 24 July 2011, she was the guest on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4; her chosen favourite song, book, and luxury item were Corinne Bailey Rae's version of "Que Sera, Sera", Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and a solar powered digital photo album, respectively.