Emma Gilthorpe

Charlotte Emma Tiffany Gilthorpe is a British business executive. She was the CEO of the Royal Mail group from May 2024 until June 2025.

Early life

She was educated at Leicester Polytechnic. She has a brother and a sister. In 1986, her mother Patricia Gilthorpe married the Conservative politician Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree.

Career

She is a barrister, and was called to the bar in July 1996.
Gilthorpe worked in the telecoms industry, with BT Group and Cable & Wireless plc, and joined Heathrow Airport in 2009.
She became COO of Heathrow Airport in 2020. In March 2021, she was appointed CEO of the Jet Zero Council, a UK trade body.