Glenys Stacey Explained

Dame Glenys Stacey
Birth Place:Walsall Wood[1]
Office1:Chair of Office for Environmental Protection
Term Start1:1 February 2021
Primeminister1:Boris Johnson
1Namedata1:George Eustice
Predecessor1:New role
Office2:Chief Regulator of Ofqual
Term Label2:Interim
Term Start2:26 August 2020
Term End2:31 December 2020
Primeminister2:Boris Johnson
1Namedata2:Gavin Williamson
Predecessor2:Sally Collier
Successor2:Simon Lebus (interim)
Term Start3:1 April 2012
Term End3:29 February 2016
Primeminister3:David Cameron
Predecessor3:Amanda Spielman
Successor3:Amanda Spielman (interim)
Office4:CEO of Ofqual
Term Start4:1 March 2011
Term End4:29 February 2016
Primeminister4:David Cameron
Predecessor4:Isabel Nisbet
Successor4:Sally Collier
Footnotes:a. Office vacant from 1 March to 24 April 2016

Dame Glenys Jean Stacey DBE[2] (née McBride; born 1954)[3] is a solicitor and civil servant serving as chair of the Office for Environmental Protection from February 2021.[4] She was Chief Executive and Chief Regulator of Ofqual, acting in the post from August to December 2020,[5] and previously from 2012 to 2016. Stacey also served as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation and led HM Inspectorate of Probation for England and Wales from 2016 and 2019.[6]

She has worked in the public sector at senior management level since 2000. Previously she has worked as chief executive of Ofqual, of Standards for England, at Animal Health (now part of the Animal and Plant Health Agency), at the Greater Manchester Magistrates' Courts Committee (now part of HM Courts and Tribunals Service), and at the Criminal Cases Review Commission.[7] [8]

She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to education.[9]

Stacey returned as Ofqual's chief regulator in an interim capacity on 26 August 2020[10] following the resignation of Sally Collier in connection with the 2020 UK GCSE and A-Level grading controversy.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Dame Glenys Stacey, former Chief Inspector of Probation . 2022-11-01 . BBC . en-GB . 1 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221101072304/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009jf1 . live .
  2. Web site: Glenys STACEY (Mrs. Kyle). www.thegazette.co.uk. 13 March 2019. 11 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191211020006/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2453981. live.
  3. Web site: FreeBMD District Info. www.freebmd.org.uk.
  4. News: New Office for Environmental Protection appointments announced. Agriland. Martin. Rachel. 2 February 2021.
  5. Web site: Dame Glenys Stacey selected as preferred Chair for Office for Environmental Protection. 9 December 2020. DEFRA. gov.uk. 2 February 2021. 13 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210213055318/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dame-glenys-stacey-selected-as-preferred-chair-for-office-for-environmental-protection. live.
  6. Web site: Chief Inspector and Senior Management Team. HMI Probation. HM Inspectorate of Probation. 28 March 2016. 15 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190215110128/https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/about-hmi-probation/chief-inspector-senior-management-team/. live.
  7. http://www.ofqual.gov.uk/about-us/91-articles/22-ofqual-management-group Our Senior Management Groups: Executive Board
  8. News: Wilby. Peter . Profile: Exam regulator in the front line. The Guardian. 2 July 2012.
  9. Web site: New Year's Honours 2016. GOV.UK. Cabinet Office. 30 December 2015. 30 December 2015. 30 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151230235040/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-years-honours-2016. live.
  10. Web site: Dame Glenys Stacey. gov.uk. 26 August 2020. 26 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200826104952/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/glenys-stacey. live.