Background
Jill Clare McDonald was born on May 1964 in Birmingham, and grew up in Sevenoaks.
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Education
University of Brighton.
Career
She has a degree in business studies from Brighton University. She began her career as a graduate marketing trainee with Colgate Palmolive. In 1990, she joined British Airways as a brand manager, and worked there for 16 years, rising to head of global marketing, before joining McDonald"s in 2006.
In 2006, she joined McDonald"s as chief marketing officer for the United Kingdom and northern Europe, and in 2010, was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of McDonald"s United Kingdom and president of North West Europe.
On 23 March 2015, it was announced that on 11 May, McDonald, head of McDonald"s United Kingdom for the past five years, would replace Matt Davies (who is leaving to join Tesco), as Chief Executive Officer of Halfords. She will receieve a basic salary of £500,000 plus bonuses.
