The Lord Chancellor, in consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, has announced the reappointment of 11 lay panel members of the Judicial Conduct and Investigations Office. The members are:
- Clive Chalk
- Bronwen Curtis CBE
- Paul Curtis
- Jenni Douglas-Todd
- Victor Marshall OBE
- Patrick Stayt
- Lynne Vernon
- Suzy Walton
- Judith Webb MBE
- Peter Wrench
- Wendy Yeadon
The reappointments will run from 1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023.
The Judicial Conduct and Investigations Office is an independent office which supports the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice in considering complaints about the personal conduct of judicial office-holders.
Appointments and reappointments are made by the Lord Chancellor and are regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The reappointments have been made in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
Biographies
Clive Chalk is a retired Chief Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police Service. He is a Lay Member of the Governing Board for Hounslow Clinical Commissioning Group and Lay Chair of the General Dental Council's Investigating Committee.
Bronwen Curtis CBE has held leadership positions in both the private and public sector and most recently as Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. Bronwen is a lay member of the Speakers Committee for IPSA and a member of the regulatory appointments panel for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She is a former UK Board member of a global corporation and previously named Midlands Businesswoman of the Year. Bronwen was appointed CBE in 2007.
Paul Curtis is Tribunal Chair of the Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service. He is a panel Lay Member at the General Optical Council. He is also Lay Chair at the School Admission Appeals Panel and Lay Chair Independent Review Panel (School Exclusions) at the East Sussex County Council
Jenni Douglas-Todd is a Director of Equality and Inclusion at NHS England, Southampton. She is currently Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. Jenni is a former chief executive of Hampshire Police Authority and the Office of the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner. She is Independent Chairman of the Dorset Integrated Care System. Jenni is a member of the English Cricket Board's Regulatory Committee; Non-Executive Director with Hampshire Cricket Board and a Trustee with the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders.
Victor Marshall OBE is the professional standards co-ordinator for the Police Superintendents' Association. Victor joined Sussex Police in 1979 and served in a variety of roles including firearms, public order, uniform, CID and professional standards retiring as a detective superintendent. He was appointed OBE, in 2010, and holds two Royal Humane Society awards for saving lives.
Patrick Stayt: undertakes a number of voluntary roles and was formerly a member of the Police Remuneration Review Body and National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body. Patrick was previously National Secretary of the Police Superintendents' Association for England and Wales. He retired from the Police Service, in 2010, after a 30-year career and was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
Mrs Lynn Vernon is a retired Detective Chief Inspector. During her 30 years' service with Greater Manchester Police she managed public protection, counter corruption and homicide investigation units. She now undertakes various roles as a lay member of the General Chiropractic Council Investigating Committee, Social Work England and the Royal college of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. She is a Medical Education Partner at Manchester University, involved in the admissions for the Medical and Dental schools and the student Health and Conduct panel. She is a former chair of the GDC Investigating Committee.
Dr Suzy Walton is a Chartered Director, Chartered Occupational Psychologist and a Chartered Scientist who has sat on over a dozen boards of large organisations both in the UK and internationally. She is a member of the board of the Institute of Directors and Vice President at the Royal Society of Medicine. Suzy is a regulatory Board member and Chairman at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She was a former member of the State Honours Committee which makes recommendations for awards to the Prime Minister and The Queen.
Ms Judith Webb MBE is a board member of the Cairngorms National Park Authority and a member of the Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel. Her previous appointments include: Chair of Defra's Rural Development Service during its transition into Natural England; Deputy Chair of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee; and Commissioner for Forestry Commission in Wales.
Mr Peter Wrench is an independent adjudicator of student finance appeals and complaints for DfE and Welsh Government. He is also: a member of the Code Adjudication Panel of the Phone-paid Services Authority; a member of Disciplinary Tribunal of the CILEx Regulation; a member of Fitness to Practise Committee at the Nursing and Midwifery Council. He was formerly a member of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner.
Ms Wendy Yeadon is an Independent Chair at Social Work England. She is also Chair of Discipline, Appeals and Licensing Hearings at the ACCA. Wendy is: a Lay Adjudicator at the Solicitors Regulation Authority; a Chair of Fitness to Practice Panels at the Nursing and Midwifery Council and; a selection panel member at the Judicial Appointments Commission. Wendy was formerly a Lay Member of Professional Conduct Panels, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.
