Jasmine Mary Whitbread (born 1 September 1963) is a British businesswoman, and the chair of Travis Perkins since 2021.
[4] In 2005, she joined Save the Children UK as chief executive officer (CEO); she was the first woman to head the charity.
[12] On 1 April 2015, she was appointed an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered where she chairs the Brand, Values and Conduct Committee.
[14] In August 2019 she was appointed a non-executive director at WPP plc effective from 1 September 2019 serving as a member of the Compensation Committee.
[15] Whitbread regularly blogged for the Financial Times during the annual World Economics Forum in Davos.
[17] Acting as an ambassador for women in leadership, Whitbread spoke on the Evening Standard's panel debate with Cherie Booth QC, in 2012.