Anna Walker (civil servant)

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

Walker 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 has been a member of Consumer Focus since 1 October 2008.[5][6]

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.

Education

References

  1. 1 2 "A life less ordinary: Anna Walker". Public. The Guardian: 52. September 2008.
  2. ↑ John Carvel (11 October 2006). "Standards bearer". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  3. 1 2 "Anna Walker announced as ORR Chairman designate" (Press release). Office of Rail Regulation. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "Glaister is ORR's new chair". Local Transport Today. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 Healthcare Commission - Senior management Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ National Consumer Council - Merger news Archived 18 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "New chair for Young Epilepsy - Roy Williams hands over after 13 successful years". Young Epilepsy. June 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2017.


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