Anna Walker (civil servant)
The Honourable Anna Elizabeth Blackstock Walker CB (born 1951) is a British senior civil servant and regulator of services. She succeeded Chris Bolt as chair of the Office of Rail Regulation on 5 July 2009 when Bolt's five-year term of office expired.[1] In this role, Walker was the IRG-Rail Chair for 2013; the members of IRG-Rail consist of the independent Regulatory Bodies of twenty-one countries inside and outside the European Union. She finally stepped down from this role in 2015 and was replaced by Stephen Glaister. [2]
She has been a member of Consumer Focus since 1 October 2008.[3][4]
She was Chief Executive of the Healthcare Commission from its formation on 1 April 2004 until 31 March 2009, when its functions in England were broadly subsumed by the Care Quality Commission.
Walker is married to Timothy Walker,[5] with whom she has three adult children.[6] She is the daughter of Lord Butterworth.[5]
Career
- September 2009- Trustee, Young Epilepsy
- 2009-2015 chair, Office of Rail Regulation[1]
- 2004-2009 chief executive, Healthcare Commission[3]
- 2001-2003 director-general for rural affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- 1998-2001 director general for energy, Department of Trade and Industry
- 1994-1997 deputy director-general, Oftel
- 1975-1994 civil servant, mostly at Department of Trade and Industry
- 1972-1973 British Council
Education
- Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (MA History)
- Bryn Mawr College, US
- Benenden School, Kent
- Oxford High School
References
- 1 2 "Anna Walker announced as ORR Chairman designate" (Press release). Office of Rail Regulation. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ↑ Transport News article. https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/47624/glaister-is-orr-s-new-chair. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - 1 2 Healthcare Commission - Senior management Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ National Consumer Council - Merger news Archived 18 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 "A life less ordinary: Anna Walker". Public. The Guardian: 52. September 2008.
- ↑ John Carvel (11 October 2006). "Standards bearer". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2008.