 She received a bachelor's degree in economics and German from the University of Reading in 1975, and is a chartered accountant.She is the chairman of Land Securities since November 2008, and a non-executive director since September 2004.Carnwath is chairman of the UK private equity firm Livingbridge, a non-executive director of Zurich Insurance and Paccar, a senior advisor to Evercore Partners, and a supervisory board member and the audit committee chair of BASF.