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| name = Paula Vennells
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| image = Paula Vennells
| caption = Vennells in 2016
| birth_name = Paula Anne Vennells
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* [[Businessperson]]
* [[Anglican
| known_for = [[British Post Office scandal|Post Office scandal]]
| spouse = {{marriage|John Wilson|1994}}
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In 2019 she became the chair of the [[Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust]], but left the role the following year. In 2021, after the convictions of 39 subpostmasters were quashed, she resigned from her non-executive directorships at the retailer [[Dunelm Group|Dunelm]] and the supermarket chain [[Morrisons]]. Vennells had been appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 2019; the honour was formally revoked in 2024 for "bringing the honours system into disrepute".
==Early life and education==
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=== Ordination ===
From 2002 to 2005, Vennells trained for [[holy orders]] on the [[St Albans and Oxford Ministry Course]].<ref name="Crockford" /> She was [[ordained]] in the [[Church of England]] as a [[Deacon#Anglicanism|deacon]] in 2005 and as a [[Priest#Anglican or Episcopalian|priest]] in 2006.<ref name="Crockford" /> She has served as a [[non-stipendiary minister]] at the [[Church of St Owen, Bromham]] in the [[Diocese of St Albans]].<ref name="Crockford" /><ref>{{cite web |title=The Benefice Ministerial Team |url=http://www.bromhambenefice.org/ |website=Bromham Benefice |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> On 10 January 2024, [[BBC News]] reported sources told them that, around 2017 when [[Richard Chartres]]'s tenure as [[Bishop of London]] was drawing to a close, Vennells had been interviewed for the post and reached the final shortlist of three.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67923190 |title=Paula Vennells: Ex-Post Office boss was shortlisted to be Bishop of London |date=9 January 2024 |last1=Zeffman |first1=Henry |last2=Farley |first2=Harry |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> She relinquished her clerical duties in 2021, but remains an ordained priest.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Witherow|first1=Tom |last2=Burgess |first2= Kaya|last3=Allegretti |first3=Aubrey|title=MPs push for emergency law to quash postmaster convictions |url= https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/paula-vennells-hands-back-cbe-post-office-horizon-bd75kvk8f |work=[[The Times]] |date= 10 January 2024|accessdate=12 January 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
===Post Office scandal===
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{{s-bef|before=David Smith|as=Managing Director}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chief Executive Officer of [[Post Office Limited]]|years=2011–2019}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Nick Read (Post Office CEO)|Nick Read]]}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Richard Sykes (microbiologist)|Sir Richard Sykes]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chair of [[Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust]]|years=2019–2021}}
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