Hilary Cropper
 Hilary Cropper | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | 9 ga Janairu, 1941 |
| Mutuwa | 26 Disamba 2004 |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | ɗan kasuwa |
Dame Hilary Mary Cropper (née Trueman; 9 ga Janairun 1941 - 26 ga Disamba 2004) 'yar kasuwa ce ta Burtaniya.
Rayuwa ta farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Hilary Mary Trueman a Macclesfield a ranar 9 ga watan Janairun 1941, 'yar Arnold Trueman da matarsa Madeline Emily, mai suna Sutton . A shekara ta 1963, ta auri Peter John Cropper kuma suna da 'ya'ya uku: ɗa ɗaya da' ya'ya mata biyu. Cropper ta karanta lissafi a Jami'ar Salford, ta kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko na Kimiyya (BSc), kafin ta shiga kamfanin injiniya da ke Trafford Park da ke yin turbines; daga baya za ta tuna cewa akwai mata uku kawai a cikin kamfanin da maza suka mamaye. Wannan ya jawo hankali game da aikinta: ta gaya wa mai tambayoyin a 2002 cewa "Idan ba ku fi kyau fiye da matsakaicin mutum ba, ba za ku ci gaba ba", amma ta kara da cewa "Ya kiyaye ku kaifi".[1]
Ayyuka da rayuwarsu ta baya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A shekara ta 1970, Cropper ta koma masana'antun kwamfuta na International Computers Limited (ICL); kodayake da farko tana aiki a matsayi na ɗan lokaci don taimakawa wajen tayar da 'ya'yanta, daga baya aka inganta ta zuwa manyan matsayi na gudanarwa, daga ƙarshe ta zama babbar mace ta kamfanin da ke da rinjaye maza. A shekara ta 1985, FI Group, wanda daga baya ya zama Xansa, ya farautar da ita, don gudanar da ayyukanta na Burtaniya a matsayin shugaban zartarwa, matsayin da ta yi aiki har zuwa 2000; tsakanin wannan lokacin da 2002, ita ce shugabar zartarwa ta kamfanin (na shekara guda mai zuwa, ita ma shugabar ba ta zartarwa ba). A lokacin da take shugaban zartarwa da shugaban, kudaden shiga na shekara-shekara na kamfanin ya karu daga £ 7m zuwa £ 450m a shekara ta 2003; ta kasance mai mahimmanci ga farfadowa da ci gaban kamfanin bayan fashewar kumfa ta Dot-com a farkon shekarun 2000, tana amsawa ga raguwa ta hanyar sake sanya kamfanin don biyan buƙatun da ke ƙaruwa don aikin IT na waje. A cikin 1991, Cropper ya jagoranci sayen gudanarwa na kamfanin kuma yawancin ma'aikata sun zama masu mallakar hannun jari na kamfanin. An sake shi a kan musayar hannun jari a cikin 1996 kuma da yawa daga cikin ma'aikatan da suka ci gaba da hannun jarin su (kimanin 100 a duka) sun zama miliyoyin mutane. [2][1] Cropper kanta ta kasance daga cikin mata masu albashi mafi girma a Burtaniya na wani lokaci: an biya ta £ 17.4m a 1999.[1]
Cropper ya rike wasu mukamai da yawa. Ta kasance darakta mai zaman kanta a kwamitin TSB (1987-90), London First (1996-99) da Barclays (daga 1998), da kuma Ofishin Jakadancin. Ta kasance memba na Kwamitin Rahoton Kudi tsakanin 1997 da 2003, kuma ta zauna a kan New Deal Taskforce, Kwamitin Ma'aikata na Kasa da Hukumar Tsaro. A waje da kasuwanci, Cropper ya kasance Gwamna na Jami'ar Hertfordshire tsakanin 1995 da 2000, Freeman na Birnin London, kuma Fellow na British Computer Society da Royal Society of Arts . [3] An nada ta a matsayin Kwamandan Order of the British Empire (CBE) a 1999 kuma an inganta ta zuwa Dame Commander (DBE) a shekara ta 2004. [2]
shekara ta 2001, an gano ta da Ciwon daji na ovarian, amma ta ci gaba da cutar daga abokan aikinta yayin da take karbar magani da farko. Daga nan sai ta sanar da ritayar ta a shekara ta 2003 kuma ta mutu daga cutar a ranar 26 ga Disamba 2004.