Debbie joined the BGL (Holdings) Limited Board in September 2011 as a Non-Executive Director. She became Non-Executive Chair of the BGL (Holdings) Limited  Board in July 2018 and was also appointed as Non-Executive Chair of the Compare the Market Limited Board in June 2020.

She is also Non-Executive Chair of Visa Europe Limited, The Football Association and White Stuff Limited. She became the first elected female British Vice President of World Governing Football Body FIFA Council in April 2023.

Debbie holds an MBA (distinction) from Bath University. She was awarded an MBE for services to Business and the Public Sector in the New Year Honours List in 2011 and in September 2021, was awarded Chartered Companion of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (Chartered CCIPD), recognising outstanding and distinguished service to the people profession. In July 2022 she was awarded the  Honorary Degree Doctor of Business Administration by Nottingham Trent University, in recognition of her significant contribution to Business and the Public Sector.

She was the first female MD of RAC plc in its 125 year history and is the first female Chair of the Football Association in its 157 year history. In 2021, she was included in the Vogue 25 – British Vogue’s annual list of the UK’s most influential women.