Biography
Current Board and Committee Appointments
Social Security Advisory Committee (appointed 2024)
Board Member
Statutory body advising DWP and HMRC on social security and related matters and scrutinising proposed legislation on the welfare system.
National Independent Reconfiguration Panel (appointed 2021)
Board Member
Department of Health public body advising government on NHS reconfigurations or significant service change.
The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO), Ministry of Justice (appointed 2015)
Member, Disciplinary Panel
JCIO is responsible for judicial discipline including the removal of judges from office.
Institute of Directors (loD), (appointed 2013)
Board Member (main board 2013-2022) and Strategic Advisor (current)
+ UK’s GNDI representative (current) – a global organisation promoting good governance.
+ Former Chair, Accreditation & Standards Committee – oversees board and director qualifications UK and worldwide.
+ Former Chair, Remuneration Committee. Member, Audit + Nominations Committees.
+ Former Council Member, government’s Mental Health at Work Leadership Council.
Combat Stress (appointed 2008)
Vice-President (current) and Board Member (2008-2019)
+ Chair, Clinical Governance Committee.
An organisation treating war veterans with severe mental illness.
Previous Board and Committee Appointments
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Board Member, Regulatory Board (global main board) + Chair, Qualifications Board (global board) (2014-2021)
ACCA is the global regulator of accountancy, based in 82 countries with 684,000 members. Qualifications Board oversees global education and examinations in 180 countries.
Royal Society of Medicine
Vice-President and Council Member (main board) (2017-2021)
+ Member, Audit & Risk Committee, Finance & Investment Committee.
+ Director, RSM Commercial Services Ltd (the organisation’s trading arm).
State Honours Committee, Cabinet Office
Committee Member (2012-2019)
The body making honours recommendations to the Prime Minister and the King.
Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA)
Deputy Chair of the Board (main board) (2010-2016)
+ Member, Audit and Risk Committee, Governance Committee.
The UK’s only apolitical think tank, London based with global operations.
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
Board Member (main board) (2012-2016)
+ Vice-Chair, Leadership and Governance Committee. Member, Audit Committee.
The regulator and funder for the university sector, distributing c£6 billion p/a.
University of Westminster
Deputy Chair of the Board (main board) (2005-2014)
+ Chair, HR Committee. Member, Remuneration Committee.
A London university with c2,600 employees and a turnover of c£153 million p/a.
Ethics Group of the National DNA Database, Home Office
Committee Member (2007-2014)
A body regulating the use of DNA and biometric information by the police.
Internet Watch Foundation
Deputy Chair of the Board (main board) (2008-2013)
+ Chair, Remuneration Committee. Member, Audit Committee.
A regulator of the internet charged with minimising on-line child sexual abuse.
National Specialist Commissioning Group, Department of Health
Committee Member (sole lay member) (2007-2012)
+ Appeals Chair on behalf of the Secretary of State for disputed cases.
The regulator/funder for specialist health services with a budget of £6 billion p/a.
Government's Science Advisory Council, Defra
Board Member (main board) (2009-2011)
+ Chair, Horizon Scanning Committee.
Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Board Member (main board) (2008-2011)
+ Chair, Mental Health Act Committee. Member, Audit Committee.
An acute hospital serving the local and national paediatric population with 2,500 employees and a turnover of £230 million p/a.
Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners
Board Member (main board) (2006-2008)
The regulator for the forensic science sector.
General Council of the Bar
Disciplinary Tribunals Board (2000-2006)
Lay Member.
Executive Career – Government (Senior Civil Servant)
Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, Cabinet Office (2006-2007)
Corporate Development Group, Cabinet Office (2004-2006)
Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office (2000-2004)
Led on work reporting direct to the Prime Minister to make Whitehall boards more strategic and to identify long-term challenges and opportunities for the UK. The programme was called Strategic Futures. Also, authored and edited strategy and policy papers across many areas of domestic policy.
Department of Trade and Industry, Office of Science and Technology (2000)
Ministry of Defence (MoD), Whitehall (1996-2000)
An operational military psychologist. Duties included designing training for Resistance to Interrogation situations and developing systems to recruit to classified roles. Lecturing undertaken at NATO events on terrorist profiling and human behaviour under extreme stress. PhD gained for research into military suicide.
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, MoD, Farnborough (1995-1996)
Executive Career – Other
News Producer (Television) (1990-1991)
Sky News Sky Television, West London.
Responsible for segments of live 24hr news. Duties – scripting, presenting, gallery producing.
News Producer and Reader (Television) (1989-1990)
British Satellite Broadcasting West London. Scripted and presented live news.
Programme Editor, Producer and Presenter (Radio) (1986-1990)
London Broadcasting Company (LBC) London.
Edited, produced and presented “Time Off” – a weekly business and leisure travel programme networked across the UK. Over thirty-five countries visited.
Reporter, Presenter and Researcher (BBC Television) various dates (1986-1991)
Guest presenter for Science and Features unit including live reporting for a Heathrow Airport series.
West End actress (1982-1985)
“Children of a Lesser God” award-winning Broadway and West End play. Played the juvenile lead of Lydia – a young, deaf American girl for two West End runs and a 43-venue UK tour.
Roles under 12 months duration: Assistant Floor Manager Commonwealth Games, BBC TV 1986; Deputy Stage Manager pantomime seasons at Arts Theatre Cambridge (1981), Key Theatre Peterborough (1980) and, Apollo Theatre Coventry (1979).
Education and Professional Qualifications
PhD Applied Psychology, College of Aeronautics (Cranfield 1997)
MSc Occupational Psychology (Hertfordshire 1995)
BSc Psychology (1st class hons.) (Hertfordshire 1994)
Chartered Director (loD); Chartered Scientist (Science Council);
Chartered Occupational Psychologist (British Psychological Society)
Honorary Fellowship, University of Westminster 2014
Honorary Life Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
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BBC features reporter – selection of stills of Suzy’s work
News reporter and presenter – selection of stills of Suzy’s work
