Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Peter Herweck
CEO, Aveva
Peter Herweckjoined AVEVA as Chief Executive Officer in May 2021 from Schneider Electric, where he led their global Industrial Automation Business and was Vice Chairman of the AVEVA Board of Directors...
Seth Herzog
American comedian
Seth G. Herzogis an American comedian. Besides being active in New York City performing comedy, Herzog was the subject of the short film Zog's Place. He has also had small roles in such films as Safe ...
Neil Heslop
Chief Executive of The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
Neil Heslophas a distinguished career in both business and the charitable sector. He joined the Charities Aid Foundation as Chief Executive in October 2020 from the international disability charity Le...
Francis Hester
Owner and CEO of the The Phoenix Partnership
Francis Xavier James HesterOBE (born April 1966) is a British businessman, and the founder, owner and CEO of software company The Phoenix Partnership. He is the largest ever donor to the Conservative ...
Stephen Hester
International businessman and chairman of Nordea Bank
Sir Stephen Alan Michael Hesteris an international businessman and former banker. He is chairman of Nordea Bank and easyJet, and former chief executive officer (CEO) of RSA Insurance Group, of the RBS...
James Hetfield
American musician
James Alan Hetfieldis an American musician who is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, co-founder and main songwriter of heavy metal band Metallica. He is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing...
Rachel Hewitt
Member of the Campaign for Mainstream Universities (MillionPlus)
Rachel Hewittis member of the Campaign for Mainstream Universities (MillionPlus) and a writer and lecturer in creative writing at Newcastle University. Hewitt attended the University of Oxford (BA and...
Patricia Hewitt
British government adviser
Dame Patricia Hope Hewittis a British government adviser and former politician, who was the Secretary of State for Health from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, she had previously been the S...
Danni Hewson
Financial analyst, AJ Bell
For three yearsDanni Hewsonwas the voice of Business on BBC Radio 5 Live. She regularly presented the station’s flagship business programme Wake Up To Money and was heard across the network, demystify...
Jon Heyman
American baseball columnist for the New York Post
Jon Heymanis an American baseball columnist for the New York Post, a baseball insider for MLB Network and WFAN Radio and co-host with Joel Sherman of the baseball podcast The Show. Heyman has also app...
David Heyman
British film producer
David Jonathan Heymanis a British film producer and the founder of Heyday Films. Heyman is best known as the producer of all eight installments of the Harry Potter film series, which are based on a se...
Thomas Hiddleston
English actor
Thomas William Hiddlestonis an English actor. He gained international fame portraying Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), starting with Thor in 2011 and most recently in the Disney+ series Lo...
Indriatti Van Hien
Portfolio Manager of UK equities at Janus Henderson Investors
Indriatti van Hienis Portfolio Manager of UK equities at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since 2016. Indriatti joined Henderson in 2011 as a UK equity analyst. Prior to Henderson, s...
Maura Higgins
Irish television personality
Maura Higginsis an Irish television personality, television presenter and model. She rose to prominence in 2019, when she was a finalist on the fifth series of ITV2 reality series Love Island. Since h...
Michael Higgins
Ninth president of Ireland
Michael Daniel Higginsis an Irish politician, poet, broadcaster and sociologist who has been serving as the ninth president of Ireland since 2011. Entering national politics through the Labour Party, ...
Nigel Higgins
Group Chairman at Barclays
Nigel Higginsis Group Chairman at Barclays. Skills, experience and contribution Seasoned business leader with extensive experience in, and understanding of, banking and the financial services industry...
Andrew Higginson
British business executive
Andrew Thomas Higginsonis a British business executive. As of 2017, he was the Chairman of Morrisons, Non-Executive Director of Woolworths in South Africa, Chairman of N Brown Group and Chairman of IT...
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist
Patricia Highsmithwas an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 nov...
National Highways
Politics and Administration
National Highways is a government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major A roads in England. It also sets highways standards
Liv Hill
British actress
Liv Hillis a British actress. She received accolades for her roles in the BBC miniseries Three Girls (2017) and the films Jellyfish and The Little Stranger (2018). She has since appeared in The Fight ...