Carol Prowse BEM

Carol Prowse was born and educated in the High Peak. She gained a degree in Economics from London University and worked in the City of London in banking before returning to the High Peak, where she was employed by the local authority. 

She started her 40-year association with Buxton Opera House in 1980, where she was Company Secretary, Board Director, Deputy Chair and latterly Chair. Carol has a strong belief in the core role the arts have to play in our wellbeing and sense of community identity. With Joyce Ellis MBE, she organised a series of successful international opera galas which raised substantial funds for the development of the Opera House. 

Carol has been a non-executive director of High Peak Dales NHS Primary Care Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and is currently a member of Tameside & Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group where she chairs the Primary Care Committee. Carol was recognised with a British Empire Medal in HM Birthday Honours in June 2019 for services to the Arts and the Community in Derbyshire.