Kate Barker

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Kate Barker
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Barker in 2019
Member of the Monetary Policy Committee
In office
June 2001 May 2010

Barker was a non-executive director on the board of the Yorkshire Building Society from 2010 to 2017. She was a senior adviser to Credit Suisse, 2010–2016.

From 2010 to June 2016, she was a non-executive director of Electra Private Equity plc, [9] and interim chairman from November 2015.

In March 2014, she was appointed a member of the Fiscal Policy Panel of the States of Jersey, and became chairman of the Panel in April 2016.

Barker became chair of the advisory board for the Centre for Business Research at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, in October 2012. She was a governor at Anglia Ruskin University from 2000 to 2010, and chair of governors 2007–2010; in October 2011, the university awarded her an honorary doctorate.

She was chair of the Society of Business Economists from 2013 to 2016. She has been a trustee of the Essex Community Foundation. [10]

In September 2014, Barker became chairman of the trustees of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme. [11] [3]

She was a non-executive director (NED) of Taylor Wimpey plc from April 2011 to July 2020, and joined the board of Man Group plc in April 2017. [12]

From April 2017 to March 2020, she was a member of the National Infrastructure Commission. From July 2017 to April 2020 she was a member of the council, Oxford University.

In July 2019, she joined the UK Cabinet Office's Geospatial Commission as one of four new commissioners. [13]

In April 2020 Barker became a trustee of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), and takes over as chairman from Professor Sir David Eastwood in September 2020.

Previously an independent member of the Football Regulatory Authority of the Football Association, she is a Stoke City F.C. fan. [14]

References

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  4. UK list: "No. 58014". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 17 June 2006. p. 7.
  5. "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b8.
  6. "Welcome". The London Publishing Partnership.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. "Chair of the commission: Kate Barker". The King's Fund.
  8. ONS. "Announcement of the NSQR on the National Accounts". ons.gov.uk.
  9. "Home". Electra Private Equity PLC.
  10. "Essex Community Foundation". essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  11. "Home | British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme". bcsss-pension.org.uk.
  12. "Man Group". man.com. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  13. "Geospatial Commission appoints four new Commissioners". GOV.UK. 16 July 2019.
  14. "Women remain rarities in the FA council chamber". The Guardian. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2012.