Judith was appointed Chair of the Health and Safety Commission with effect from 1 October 2007 for a term of 5 years and became Chair of the Health and Safety Executive when the two organisations merged on 1 April 2008. Judith previously served as a Commissioner between 2002 and 2005. She was awarded her CBE for services to health and safety.
Judith worked in Brussels for the European Chemical Industry Association (CEFIC) in 2006/7. She worked at the Chemical Industries Association as Director of Business and Responsible Care (1998 - 2002) and Director General (2002 - 2006).
Judith began her working career in 1975 with Exxon Chemicals where she spent 15 years in various process management roles at Fawley. She was subsequently European Operations Director of a speciality pigments business before becoming Group Risk Manager at Elementis PLC with world-wide responsibility for health and safety, insurance and litigation. She also served for three years as a non-executive Director of Oxfordshire Health Authority.
Judith trained as a Chemical Engineer at Imperial College, London and is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, an Ordinary Member of Council of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a Fellow of the City and Guilds Institute and an Honorary Vice President of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in July 2010.
Judith was appointed as a non-Executive Director of the Energy Saving Trust in January 2009. She became a Trustee of the National Coal Mining Museum for England in June 2009.
Judith has also been named as the president-elect of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) for 2013/14. She will take up the role of deputy president in 2012-2013.
She is not engaged in any political activity.
| 1 | Companies, partnerships, trusts or other bodies of which you are a paid employee. | Energy Saving Trust |
| 2 | Companies and organisations in which you or your family or close associates: | |
| a) has/have a controlling interest, or | Nil | |
| b) is/ are a Director or Partner, or | Nil | |
| c) has/have shares or securities with a nominal value of more than £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issues share capital, and | Husband is an employee of and shareholder in Exxon Mobil | |
| d) could be involved in the supply of goods or services to, or have business dealings with the HSE | Nil | |
| 3 | Non-profit making organisations (e.g. charities, housing associations) where you or your close family are Trustees, or on the Committee of Management or other controlling body and which might receive grants, carry out activities designed to promote or develop the organisation, or have other significant dealings with the HSE | Council member of Institution of Chemical Engineer Trustee of the National Coal Mining Museum |
| 4 | Any land or property in which a member has a direct interest and is clearly within HSE's sphere of activities. | Nil |
| 5 | Membership of local authorities, health authorities and trusts, the Magistrates Bench, and relevant voluntary sector bodies. | Nil |
