Summary
Ann Cochrane Cook Wallace Budge[1] (born 21 February 1948) is a Scottish businesswoman and company director.[2]
Career edit
Budge graduated with a psychology degree, and became the first woman appointed to a senior position in Scottish & Newcastle after starting her career there as a trainee programmer. After leaving F International – now Xansa – Budge set up business working from home, and teaming up with Allison Newell in 1985, launched Newell & Budge, which specialised in making bespoke software and IT systems.[3] It was sold to the French IT company Sopra Group for a reported £30 million, and Budge became a chief executive.[3][4]
Recognition edit
Budge was awarded "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Entrepreneurial Exchange in 2005[5] and was then inducted into the Entrepreneurial Exchange Hall of Fame in November 2013.[6][7] She is listed as a role model by the Women's Engineering Society.[8]
She is an honorary graduate of Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh Napier University.[9]
Football edit
Budge was disclosed as being the sole director of BIDCO 1874, a consortium trying to buy Edinburgh-based football club Hearts out of administration, in early 2014.[10] A majority shareholding in the club, which was previously owned by Lithuanian businesses run by Vladimir Romanov, was sold to BIDCO 1874 in May 2014.[11] Budge made several changes at the club immediately after taking control, including the appointment of Craig Levein as director of football and Robbie Neilson as head coach.[12][13]
In 2016, Budge was awarded the Scottish Professional Football League CEO of the Year award.[14][15]
References edit
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- ^ "Ms Anne Cochrane Cook Wallace Budge". Companies in the UK. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Is this the original IT girl? ANN BUDGE Told 30 years ago that the future was in computers, she made it big, then sold up for [pounds]30m, hears Paul Rogerson". The Herald. 18 June 2005. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Proposed merger with Newell & Budge in the United Kingdom". Sopra Group. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Entrepreneurial Exchange Entrepreneur of the Year". The Entrepreneurial Exchange. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Entrepreneurial Exchange Hall of Fame 2013 – Ann Budge". The Entrepreneurial Exchange. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "The Entrepreneurial Exchange Hall of Fame". The Entrepreneurial Exchange. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Women's Engineering Society Role Models". Women's Engineering Society. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Edinburgh Napier University Alumni & Development". Edinburgh Napier University. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (13 February 2014). "Ann Budge revealed as Foundation of Hearts' cash backer". BBC Sport. BBC.
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (9 May 2014). "Hearts: Ann Budge to start at Tynecastle on Monday". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (12 May 2014). "Craig Levein lands Hearts role as boss Gary Locke exits". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Hearts: Managerial changes were required, says Craig Levein". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "winners". footballbusinessawards.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- ^ "Portsmouth's Mark Catlin Wins CEO Of The Year". fcbusiness Magazine. Retrieved 7 November 2016.[permanent dead link]