FAMILY JUSTICE REVIEW PANEL

[Alison J Stevens]

Review Panel

Panel member biographies.

David Norgrove
Chair of the Pensions Regulator and the Low Pay Commission and has knowledge of reform and change management in both the public and private sectors. As panel chair he will operate independently and objectively with no preconceptions about the way in which the family justice system currently operates.

John Coughlan CBE
Director of Children’s Services Hampshire County Council. John is a respected Director of Children’s Services and was influential in establishing the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) in. He formerly represented ADCS on the Ministerial Group on Care Proceedings – the forerunner to the National Family Justice Board.

Mr Justice Andrew McFarlane
Represents judicial and legal interests on the panel. Currently the Family Division Liaison Judge for the Midlands, McFarlane J has been a family division judge since 2005.

Dame Gillian Pugh
Chair of the National Children’s Bureau. Formerly Chief Executive of Coram Family, Gillian is also a member of the Children’s Workforce Development Council, a Board member of the Training and Development Agency for Schools and has held numerous advisory positions to government departments.

Keith Towler
Current Children’s Commissioner for Wales following his appointment in 2007. He has previously worked at Save the Children in Wales and NACRO. He will represent children’s interests and will also provide a Welsh perspective on the panel’s work.

Councillor Baroness Ritchie
Lead member for children for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. She is Chair of the Children and Young People Board at the Local Government Association and is a member of the board of Cafcass.

Government representatives

Sarah Albon
Director, Justice Policy Group, Ministry of Justice

Shirley Trundle
Director, Families Group, Department for Education

Robert Pickford
Director of Social Services, Department of Health and Social Services, Wales