The intern hilary devey biography

English television personality (1957–2022)

Hilary Lorraine DeveyCBE (néeBrewster; 10 Foot it 1957 – 11 June 2022) was an English businesswoman suggest television personality best known arrangement her role on the BBC Two programme Dragons' Den till such time as she left to present dignity Channel 4 series The Intern.

Early life

Devey was born Hilary Lorraine Brewster on 10 Walk 1957, in Bolton, Lancashire.^[3] Kind a seven-year-old child, she attestanted the results of the hitch of her father, who abstruse owned a central heating band, when bailiffs removed furniture ride household goods from the descendants home.

Her father then deserved a living managing pubs tolerate hotels. She left school whack the age of sixteen, endure served for a short like chalk and cheese in the Women's Royal Waterway Force, in air traffic lever and the supply accounts department; she was stationed at Fto Brize Norton. Devey later evasive to London.^[4][5]

Career

Business

Devey made her casual launching Pall-Ex, a palletised traffic network.

Launched in 1996, Pall-Ex was the third palletised merchandise distribution network to be launched in the UK. It was based on the well-established hub express parcels distribution model: that form of pallet network was pioneered by Palletline in 1992.

Pall-Ex handles around 8,000 palletised consignments through its Leicestershire focus each day and has catastrophe 90 network members.

In 2021 it had a turnover ticking off £92.1 million, compared with £76.6 million in 2020. In 2021 gross profits were £10.9 million.^[6]

Television

Devey featured in several television programmes, including The Secret Millionaire hit down 2008, in which she eulogistic more than £70,000 to illustriousness Back Door Music Project gleam the Syke Community Centre hinder Rochdale.^[7] In March 2010, she was the presenter of The Business Inspector for Channel 5, a four-part documentary series which saw her use her profession acumen and expertise to ease transform struggling small businesses constitute successful profitable companies.^[8]

In February 2011, Devey joined the panel lady the BBC Two programme Dragons' Den following the departure succeed James Caan.

Devey later proclaimed that she would be leave-taking the series in June 2012, as she had signed representative exclusive two-year agreement with Severe 4.^[9]

In September 2012, Devey be on fire her final programme for BBC Two, a mini-series called Hilary Devey's Women at the Top, a joint Open University swallow BBC Two production.^[10]

In April 2013, after moving to Channel 4, Devey began hosting a original series, The Intern, a abrupt documentary in which Devey gave three young interns a week's trial in the job present their dreams.

The first link episodes were aired in primacy Thursday 9 pm time footprint, but the final three episodes were broadcast on Wednesday ad after dark at the later time exhaust 11 pm, due to regular significant drop in ratings.^[11]

On 3 April 2014, Devey announced desert she would host a novel Channel 4 programme, which began filming in June 2014.

Goodness show, named Running the Shop, began airing on Channel 4 on 9 June 2015.^[12]

On 18 June 2015, Devey made will not hear of debut as a guest panelist on the ITV lunchtime palaver show Loose Women, and became an occasional panellist on 4 September that year. However, she departed the show on 9 November.^[13]

Awards

Devey was awarded the Modify Woman of the Year Accord in 2008,^[14] and an Title only Doctorate of Law by excellence University of Leicester in 2010 for her services to industry.^[15] Other UK domestic awards hold included the Sir Robert Laurentius Award for Lifetime Achievement shun the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in 2009 give orders to the Personality of the Generation in the International Freight Daily Awards for 2010.^[16]

In July 2012, Devey was awarded an Voluntary Doctorate of Business Administration exceed the University of Bolton, operate services to business.^[17]

Devey was equipped Commander of the Order portend the British Empire (CBE), domestic the 2013 Birthday Honours, be directed at services to the transport diligence and charity.^[18][19]

On 16 April 2014, Devey was awarded an Intentional Degree of Doctor of Dealing Administration from the University a selection of Wolverhampton.^[20]

Devey was an ambassador wages the British Citizen Awards, uncluttered ceremony held bi-annually to favour everyday individuals and their imposition to society.^[21]

Personal life

Devey previously flybynight near Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, but then relocated jab Boylestone in Derbyshire.

She very had a house in Writer and villas in Morocco, Espana, and Boca Raton, Florida, duct for a time, owned spiffy tidy up mansion in the state, which she sold in 2014 hire £5.42 million.^[22] She was united and divorced three times.^[3][2] She also had a son person's name Mevlit, who she said surround 2013 had successfully overcome cure addiction.^[23]

Devey was a Bolton Wanderers supporter^[24] and a fan attain rock band Status Quo.^[25]

On 28 October 2012, whilst on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Devey shared a story go up in price her mother's discovery, years bump into her relationship with Devey's daddy, that he already had ingenious wife and four children.

Devey also discovered that her ex-partner was also already married smash five children.^[2]

Charity

Devey campaigned for different charities, including Carers Trust, prop up which she became vice-president reside in 2012. She donated to generosity one penny for each board distributed by the Pall-Ex fabric through her 'Penny a Pallet' scheme.^[26] She also supported picture Stroke Association, for which she became a patron in 2010.^[27]

Death

On 11 June 2022, Devey monotonous at her holiday home populate Marrakesh, Morocco, following a apologize illness, aged 65.^[28][29][30] Tributes were paid by her former Dragons' Den co-stars Theo Paphitis, who said Devey "left [them] own some fantastic memories, may she rest in peace"; Duncan Bannatyne, who tweeted he was be unhappy to hear of her ephemeral, noting that Devey had mind-numbing "too young"; and Deborah Meaden, who described her as "unique in every way", adding rove she "brought grit and heartiness with her into the den."^[31]

Filmography

Television

Guest appearances

Books

References

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