Dame Julie Thérèse Mellor
DBE (born 29 January 1957) is chair of
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(a cross-party think-tank), chair of the
Young Foundation
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, chair of the Federation of Industry Sector Skills and Standards and a trustee of
Involve (experts in public participation),
Nesta
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(the innovation foundation) and
Clore Social Leadership.
She was made a
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
in 2006 for services to equality. As chair of the
Equal Opportunities Commission (1999–2005) she is credited with transforming a law enforcement body into a catalyst for change on equal pay, pregnancy discrimination and flexible working.
Mellor was born in 1957 and studied
experimental psychology
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at
Brasenose College, Oxford
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, where she is now an honorary fellow.
Between 1979 and 1981, she was Eleanor Emerson Fellow in Industrial Relations Education at
Cornell University
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.
Before her appointment as chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) her career was in human resources, working for
Royal Dutch Shell
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(1981–1983), the
Greater London Council
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(1983–1986), the
Inner London Education Authority
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(1986–1989),
Trustee Savings Bank
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Becaus ...
(1989–1992) and as corporate human resources director for
British Gas
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(1992–1996). She worked as a consultant on employment and consumer issues until 1999.
She is currently chair of the
Federation for Industry Sector Skills and Standards.
Following her time at the EOC she was a partner in the health team at
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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(2005–2011) and pioneered
citizens' juries as part of the firm's contribution to the public sector.
She was the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
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and the
Health Service Commissioner for England
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(Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman) (2012 to 2017) where she increased investigations of complaints about public services tenfold from around 450 a year to 5,000 a year and worked with Parliament to use the learning from complaints to hold government to account for improving public services.
Mellor has been a non-executive board member on the
Commission for Racial Equality
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(1996 and 2003), the Fatherhood Institute (2004–2008), the
National Consumer Council
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(2001–2007), the Employers' Forum on Disability (1994–2009), the
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(2007–2009) and the
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(2008–2011).
Mellor is a member of the WorldSkills UK Skills taskforce for global Britain.
Honours
In 2003, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by
Anglia Ruskin University
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. She was made an Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the
City & Guilds of London Institute
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.
References
External links
ASHA FoundationNational Portrait GalleryEqual Opportunities Commission (UK) websiteEmployers' Forum on DisabilityCV provided to the Public Administration Select CommitteeAuthorised Debrett's BiographyParliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
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1957 births
Living people
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
British social welfare officials
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Human resource management people
People associated with Anglia Ruskin University
People from Bedford
PricewaterhouseCoopers people