Jennie Page

Page attended Barr's Hill Grammar School for Girls. She was later educated at Royal Holloway, University of London where, as an undergraduate she had been awarded the George Smith Studentship and where she obtained a First-Class Honours BA degree in English in 1966 followed by a Driver postgraduate scholarship. ==Early career==

Page was Chief Executive of English Heritage from 1989 to 1995, having been recruited by then chairman, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. She later worked for chairman Jocelyn Stevens, who praised her work for English Heritage when she left. She also worked as a civil servant Railtrack Group was placed into members' voluntary liquidation as RT Group on 18 October 2002. She was also a non-executive director of The Equitable Life Assurance Society which almost collapsed financially in the millennium year. The Society issued claims for negligence against nine former directors, including Page, but in 2005 conceded total defeat in a four-year £3.2bn legal action to obtain compensation for policyholders. £10.2m was paid to the former directors to cover much of their legal expenses with Page paid just over £3m. ==Position as Dome chief executive==

Page was headhunted for the job by the then Heritage Secretary, Stephen Dorrell, according to The Observer. Page had previously worked for the London Docklands Development Corporation and had a reputation for a hardheaded style of management. Cracks developing behind the scenes began to show in January 1998 when Stephen Bayley, creative director of the project, resigned. He described Government Minister Peter Mandelson, whose project it had become, as a dictator reminiscent of: "an East German Stalinist". During her time at the Dome, and with compensation for her early departure, she was rumored to have received a salary of £500,000. Page added to her criticism of ministers by insisting that the unexpected decision by the prime minister Tony Blair to invite one million schoolchildren to the Dome for free had had a significant impact on its income. It meant many parents would no longer pay to visit with their families, and forced the building of extra facilities for the large school parties. A decision to ban visitors arriving by car also cut the public's level of interest. ==Post-Dome career==

In 2001 Page married Jeremy David Orme, an accountant. In 2006, she was appointed vice-chairman a statutory body, chaired by Frank Field MP and a member of the Church of England General Synod. The purpose of the trust is to: "[p]romote the care and conservation of the Cathedral churches of the Church of England". ==References==