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Tristia Harrison
British businesswoman (born 1973) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dame Tristina Adele Harrison DBE (née Clark; born 26 February 1973[1]), known as Tristia Harrison, is a British businesswoman, and was the CEO of TalkTalk Group from May 2017[2][3] to August 2024.
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Early life
She was born Tristia Clark,[4] and grew up in Radlett. She was educated at Watford Grammar School for Girls and St Albans High School for Girls.[5] She studied history at the University of Kent, Canterbury.[5]
Career
Harrison joined TalkTalk in 2010.[6] She was marketing director of Carphone Warehouse, and managing director of TalkTalk Consumer from 2014, before becoming CEO of TalkTalk Group in 2017.[4][7] She was succeeded as CEO by James Smith at the end of August 2024.[8] She has been a director since 2014.[9] Harrison was a trustee of Comic Relief for almost a decade and the national charity Ambitious about Autism. In 2020, she was named chair of trustees for the national homeless charity, Crisis,[10]
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Personal life
She is married to Andrew Harrison, former CEO of Carphone Warehouse. They have two sons and live in west London.[11]
Honours and awards
She received an honorary degree from the University of Salford in 2022.[12]
Harrison was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to telecommunications.[13]
References
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