Sheila Mary Forbes CBE (born 31 December 1946), is a British educator, consultant and manager.
Forbes was born in Dorset, grew up in Wargrave near Henley, attended St Paul's Girls' School in London and received her B.A.
She spent 25 years working in human resources, joining Philips Electronics in 1970 and becoming head of personnel at Unigate plc in 1980.
Since leaving Reed Elsevier she has been a consultant and non-executive director for several large companies.
She has also held a number of government, private, and public appointments, including Civil Service Commissioner,[1][failed verification] Chair of the Board of Governors of Thames Valley University, Chair of the Board of the Institute for Employment Studies and board member of the British Library and the Crafts Council.