Mary Perkins sold for £2 million in 1980, and continue to receive income from. After the sale the couple moved to Guernsey, where Mary's father had retired. Mary and Doug Perkins established Specsavers in Guernsey in 1984. In 2007 it was the largest privately owned opticians in the world, with nearly 900 stores across the UK and Europe. By 2011 the company had an annual turnover of £1.5bn and over 30,000 staff in markets in the UK, Europe and Australasia. Her current title at Specsavers is "founder". Dame Mary sits on the company board, oversees business development and has particular responsibility for
Mary Marsh Mary Marsh Dame Mary Elizabeth Marsh (born 17 August 1946) is non-executive director of HSBC Bank plc and member of the governing body at London Business School. She is chair of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) board of trustees. Marsh is the daughter of George Donald Falconer and his wife, Lesley Mary "née" Wilson. She was born in Merseyside, attending Birkenhead High School and then the University of Nottingham, where she graduated with a BSc in Geography. She later obtained a DipEd from Hatfield Polytechnic, and an MBA from the London Business School. She started her