Helen Dickinson OBE (born 1966, Surrey, England) is a British accountant and executive, and the current chief executive officer (CEO) of the British Retail Consortium, a post she has held since January 2013.
[1][2] Born in Surrey, England in 1966, Dickinson was educated at schools in New Zealand and The Kings School, Ottery St Mary, Devon before attending Kingston Polytechnic.
[3] In 2012 she was appointed to succeed Stephen Robertson in the role of what was then known as the Director-General of the British Retail Consortium,[4] and took up the post in January 2013.
[5] For her services to the retail industry, Dickinson was appointed an OBE in the 2016 New Year's Honours.
[2] As CEO of the British Retail Consortium, Dickinson was one of the people to attend government briefings during the COVID-19 pandemic, where she urged people to shop responsibly after panic buying led to a shortage of food in supermarkets.