Adrienne Ryan

Adrienne Margaret Ryan (born 1960) is a former Councillor and Mayor of Ku-ring-gai Council in Sydney, New South Wales.[1] She was married to former Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Peter Ryan. They divorced in 2011 after an extended separation.[2][3] Ryan was born Adrienne Butterworth in Yorkshire, England. She and her two daughters moved to Sydney in 1997 when her husband became the NSW Police Commissioner.[2]

Prior to coming to Australia, Ryan was also a police officer for a period of time, being involved in the Brixton Riots and Notting Hill race riots in the 1980s. She has an honours degree in politics and international relations[1] from Reading University in the United Kingdom.

Ryan has two daughters but had multiple miscarriages. She has published a book called A Silent Love ISBN 1569245436 about stillborn children.[4][5]

In May 2005, Ryan moved to the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga after separating from her husband. She studied Law at the College of Law, Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom. As of 2014 she was undertaking the Bar Professional Training Course.[6]

In 2012 it was revealed that Ryan and her husband had been placed under surveillance in 1999 by the Special Crime and Internal Affairs (SCIA) branch of NSW Police as the head of SCIA, assistant commissioner Mal Brammer, believed the Ryans, under the influence of alcohol, might be loose-lipped about confidential police affairs.[7] Assistant Commissioner Brammer at no time believed that allegation, the New South Wales Crime Commission received a complaint from a source known to them which was investigated under their secrecy provisions. The investigation found no tangible evidence to support the allegation.

References

  1. 1 2 "Novice mayor gets back to basics". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 April 2004.
  2. 1 2 "Top cop's daughter Georgie Ryan now the woman behind the bar". The Daily Telegraph (Australia). 26 September 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dog owners threaten councillor over ban". 7 April 2007. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  4. ↑ Macey, Jennifer (27 September 2007). "Public health system failing pregnant women: AMA". ABC New South Wales. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  5. ↑ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TfTKnQEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Adrienne+Ryan%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hNwsU-zZJ4OrrAeekICYDg&ved=0CDMQ6wEwAA
  6. ↑ "Vice President – Adrienne Ryan". middletemplestudents.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Mercer, Neil (17 June 2012). "Not even the state's top cop was immune from culture of surveillance". smh.com.au. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Ian Cross		 Mayor of Ku-ring-gai
2004 – 2005 		Succeeded by
Elaine Malicki
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