Julie Mellor
Dame Julie Thérèse Mellor DBE | |
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Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration | |
Assumed office 1 January 2012 | |
Preceded by | Ann Abraham |
Health Service Commissioner for England | |
Assumed office 1 January 2012 | |
Preceded by | Ann Abraham |
Personal details | |
Born |
29 January 1957 Bedford, England, UK |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Dame Julie Thérèse Mellor DBE was the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and the Health Service Commissioner for England (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman) from 2012 to 2016. [1] She resigned after criticism of her handling of a complaint about her deputy, Mick Martin, and his behaviour when chair of Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.[2]
Mellor was born in 1957 and was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford where she studied Experimental Psychology. Between 1979 and 1981, she was Eleanor Emerson Fellow in Industrial Relations Education at Cornell University. She was an employee relations adviser at Royal Dutch Shell (1981–1983) and an economic development officer at Islington Borough Council (1983–1984). She served as Senior Employment Policy Adviser at Greater London Council until 1986 and then at Inner London Education Authority until 1989.
In 1989, Mellor was appointed Human Resource Manager at TSB. She served as Corporate Human Resources Director of British Gas between 1992 and 1996 and then worked as a consultant on employment and consumer issues until 1999, where her clients included TSB, Motorola, Northern Foods, Xerox, the National Health Service, the Department for Education and Employment, the Home Office and the Employers' Forum on Disability.
Mellor was a commissioner at the Commission for Racial Equality between 1996 and 2003 and chaired the Equal Opportunities Commission (1999–2005) and the Fatherhood Institute (2004–2008). She was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (2005–2011), where she was part of the health sector team.
Mellor has also served as a non-executive board member of a number of bodies, including the National Consumer Council (2001–2007), Employer’s Forum on Disability (1994–2009), the Green Alliance (2007–) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (2008–2011). In 2012 she was appointed to the post of Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. In 2003, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Anglia Polytechnic University. She was made an Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford and of the City & Guilds of London Institute. In 2006, she was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).
References
- ↑ Campbell, Denis (8 December 2015). "NHS watchdog slams hospitals' handling of patient complaint". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ "NHS sex scandal apology from Dame Julie Mellor". Derby Telegraph. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
External links
- ASHA Foundation
- National Portrait Gallery
- Equal Opportunities Commission (UK) website
- Employers' Forum on Disability
- CV provided to the Public Administration Select Committee
- Authorised Debrett's Biography
- Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Government offices | ||
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Preceded by Kamlesh Bahl |
Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission 1999–2005 |
Succeeded by Jenny Watson |
Preceded by Ann Abraham |
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration 2012– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Ann Abraham |
Health Service Commissioner for England 2012– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |