Lorraine Heggessey

Lorraine Heggessey
Born
Lorraine Sylvia Heggessey

(1956-11-16) 16 November 1956
EducationVyners Grammar School
Alma materCollingwood College, Durham (BA)
Employer(s)BBC
Talkback Thames
TitleController of BBC One (2000–2005)

Lorraine Sylvia Heggessey (born 16 November 1956) is a British television producer and executive. From 2000 until 2005, she was the first woman to be Controller of BBC One, the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. She has also served as the Chief Executive of the production company Talkback Thames. Until October 2019 Heggessey was the Chief Executive of The Royal Foundation.