The Honourable Anna Elizabeth Blackstock Walker CB (born 1951) is a British senior civil servant and regulator of services. Walker is married to Timothy Walker,[1] with whom she has three adult children.[2] She is the daughter of Lord Butterworth.[1]
Career
editWalker succeeded Chris Bolt as chair of the Office of Rail Regulation on 5 July 2009 when Bolt's five-year term of office expired.[3] 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 stepped down from this role in 2015 and was replaced by Stephen Glaister.[4]
She was Chief Executive of the Healthcare Commission from its formation on 1 April 2004 until 31 March 2009, when the commission was abolished and its functions in England were broadly subsumed by the Care Quality Commission.
- 2009–2016 Chair, Young Epilepsy[5]
- 2009–2015 Chair, Office of Rail Regulation[3]
- 2008–2012 Board member and vice chair, Consumer Focus[6][7]
- 2004–2009 Chief Executive, Healthcare Commission[6]
- 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
edit- Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (MA History)
- Bryn Mawr College, US
- Benenden School, Kent (where she was a contemporary of Princess Anne, now the Princess Royal)
- Oxford High School
References
edit- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Anna Walker announced as ORR Chairman designate" (Press release). Office of Rail Regulation. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ "Glaister is ORR's new chair". Local Transport Today. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "New chair for Young Epilepsy – Roy Williams hands over after 13 successful years". Young Epilepsy. June 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ a b Healthcare Commission – Senior management Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Consumer Focus Annual report 2012/2013". Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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