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 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

• 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

1. "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. "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. Healthcare Commission – Senior management Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Consumer Focus Annual report 2012/2013" . Retrieved 2 April 2019.