Mary Elizabeth Francis CBE LVO (née George; born July 1948[1]) is a former British civil servant who focussed primarily on financial and economic policy.
Mary Francis is also a senior advisor to Chatham House, a member of the advisory council of the Institute of Business Ethics, a member of the Takeover Panel Appeal Board, and an ambassador for the Almeida Theatre.
[4][5] After graduating, Francis became a research assistant to Professor Max Beloff at All Souls' College, Oxford.
She a was Financial Counsellor in the Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C. from 1990 to 1992, Private Secretary to Prime Minister John Major with responsibility for economic and business policy from 1992 to 1995, and Assistant/Deputy Private Secretary to The Queen from 1995 to 1999.
From 2005 she held a number of non-executive directorships, including at the Bank of England, Centrica (where she was Senior Independent Director), Aviva, Cable & Wireless Communications and Swiss Re.