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Anna Harvey, (born 12 September, 1944 in London, United Kingdom) is the current Editorial Director of Condé Nast New Markets, a position she has held since 2008. With a career at Condé Nast Publications spanning more than 30 years, she is widely regarded as one of the most important contributors to the fashion industry.

Early Life
Born in the UK and brought up in South Africa, her father was an art director and an architect whilst her mother worked at the Royal Academy of Arts as an administrator for the National Art Collections Fund. She has one brother, Simon Folkard; at one time Head Gardener for Christopher Lloyd at Great Dixter and currently for Sir Paul McCartney. She is also a descendant of R.S. Surtees, an English editor and novelist. She attended Roedean School in South Africa before moving to Queen Anne’s, Caversham in England. Anna has credited her glamorous mother as her earliest fashion inspiration

Career
Anna began her career at Harper’s & Queen magazine (now Harper’s Bazaar) where she worked alongside Anna Wintour as Junior Fashion Editor. She joined Condé Nast Publications in 1970 as Fashion Director of Brides magazine. Following a brief stint at Good Housekeeping, she returned to Condé Nast as Deputy Editor of Tatler magazine before becoming Fashion Editor of Vogue. As Fashion Director of Vogue she became personal advisor to Diana, Princess of Wales. She rose up through the ranks to become Deputy Editor under Alexandra Shulman in 1977, working with many well-known figures including Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino and Arthur Elgort. With her appetite whetted by the expansion of Vogue on a worldwide scale, she joined Condé Nast New Markets in 1997 where she has overseen the launch of Vogue in Russia, Greece, Portugal, India, Turkey, Ukraine and the Netherlands as well as other Condé Nast titles across Europe and Africa.

Recognition
Having met Diana for the first time as Lady Diana Spencer in 1980 whilst Fashion Director of British Vogue, Anna continued to advise her on her choice of wardrobe throughout her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales and subsequent divorce. Enlisting the help of designers such as Catherine Walker, Jacques Azagury and Amanda Wakeley, she turned Princess Diana from a Laura Ashley-sheathed Sloane into an international style icon. She is also known for having brought a number of well-known photographers, designers and fashion figures to Vogue and to the attention of the wider public including Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Jasper Conran and Isabella Blow. Both Tamara Mellon and Isabella Cawdor (née Stanhope) were former assistants as well as the well-known architect Sophie Hicks and fashion-writer Plum Sykes.

Personal Life
Her husband Jonathan is a barrister at Henderson Chambers and she has four children; Oliver, Charles, Henrietta and Eleanor. She is a patron of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and a trustee of the British Fashion Council Princess of Wales Charitable Trust.