ANYA HINDMARCH founded her company as a teenager in 1987. She has since grown it into an award-winning global brand known for its craftsmanship, creativity and sense of humour, including the hugely successful ‘I’m Not A Plastic Bag’ campaign.
An advocate of British design and arts, Anya is a Trustee of Tate, Emeritus Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts and the Design Museum, and an ambassador for the University of the Arts London. In addition, she is Trustee of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
Previously, she was a NED of the British Fashion Council from 2010 to 2020, a Birthday Honours committee member from 2013 to 2016, was appointed Governor of the University of the Arts in 2010 and a Prime Minister’s Business Ambassador in 2011. In 2019, she became a Greenpeace Ambassador and in 2023 she was appointed as an advisor to the Board of Trade.
Anya holds both an MBE and a CBE. In 2024, Anya was awarded a Damehood in the King’s Birthday Honours, for her services to fashion and business.
She has honorary doctorates from the Universities of East Anglia and Essex but lives in London, where her proudest achievement is hosting a sleepover in the bed department of Peter Jones.