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

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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 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ "New chair for Young Epilepsy – Roy Williams hands over after 13 successful years". Young Epilepsy. June 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b Healthcare Commission – Senior management Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Consumer Focus Annual report 2012/2013". Retrieved 2 April 2019.