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Suzy Walton Ph.D is a Chartered Director, Chartered Scientist and Chartered Occupational Psychologist.
Suzy holds a number of non-executive directorships on the boards of public interest organisations. She also has a number of public appointments:
- The University of Westminster (appointed 2005)
Non-executive director, charity trustee and governor. She also sits on the Remuneration, Strategy and Personnel committees
- The Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (appointed 2006)
An organisation that sets practice standards for forensic scientists and promotes public confidence in forensic practice and court testimony, reporting to the Lord Chancellor Non-executive director. She also chairs the Nominations Committee
- The Internet Watch Foundation (appointed 2007)
An organisation which seeks to minimise the availability of potentially illegal internet content Non-executive director and charity trustee. She also Chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee
- Ethics Group: National DNA Database (appointed 2007)
A Non-Departmental Public Body reporting to the Home Office Member of group
- National Specialised Services Commissioning Group (appointed 2007)
A committee overseeing all regional NHS commissioning of specialist services Sole lay member
- Combat Stress (appointed 2008)
An organisation providing clinical mental health treatment for Armed Forces veterans
Non-executive director and charity trustee. She also sits on the Strategy and the Medical Services committees
- Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (appointed 2008)
Non-executive director. She also sits on the Audit and the Planning & Investment committees
- The Bar Council (two terms served 2000-2006)
Lay member for disciplinary tribunals and complaints committees
Previously, Suzy was a Senior Civil Servant in central government for over a decade. From 2006-2007 she served in the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit. Other roles have included; leading on various aspects of corporate policy for the Cabinet Office (2004-2006); leading on futures work across many domestic policy areas in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit (2000-2004); heading up the public understanding of science programme for the Office of Science and Technology (1999-2000); and, working as a military psychologist for the Ministry of Defence (1996-1999). She also worked as a research scientist for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-1996).
Suzy has a PhD in Applied Psychology (suicide) which she undertook while working for the Ministry of Defence. She also holds a first class BSc degree and an MSc. She received an ESRC scholarship for her Masters studies. In 2007 she achieved professional qualifications in corporate governance by obtaining the Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction awarded by the Institute of Directors.
Her earlier career was as a producer, editor and presenter for Sky News, LBC Radio and the BBC. For LBC Radio she had her own radio programme for three years. She has also had a three and a half year stint in the 1980s as a West End actress playing the juvenile lead in the award winning play Children of a Lesser God – a role which required Suzy to become fluent in American Sign Language.
Suzy has published extensively as an academic writing on social policy and mental health issues. She also works as a speaker and a coach/consultant:
As a speaker she has given talks on a range of topics including terrorist profiling (US Air Force Special Operations School, Fort Walton, Florida) and her own personal experiences of working across a range of professions while raising a large family
As a coach/consultant she works with individuals to help them meet the challenge of operating beyond their stated authority. With groups and boards she is often called upon to (her words) “ensure strategy has the same resonance for boardroom ears as today’s media crisis”
Suzy is a mother of four children ranging from age 2 to 19 years.
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