Susan Atkins (civil servant) explained

Susan Ruth Elizabeth Atkins CB (née Prickett; born 4 March 1952) is a British civil servant.

Susan Atkins graduated from Birmingham University with an LLB in Law in 1973.^[1] ^[2] Atkins trained as a solicitor in local government. She was a law academic for 12 years, specialising in anti-discrimination law, and co-wrote Women and the Law with Brenda Hoggett (now Lady Hale of Richmond).^[3] She joined the civil service in 1989.

Atkins was appointed in 2007 to be the first independent Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces. Atkins is also a non-executive director of the Quality Assurance Agency and of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.

Susan Atkins was appointed the first Chief Executive of the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2003. Her previous posts include Deputy Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Departmental Equal Opportunities Officer for the Home Office and director of the Women and Equality Unit in the Cabinet Office. She has also been a visiting professor at Southampton University.^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Atkins was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to Armed Service Personnel.^[7]

Notes and References

Queen's Birthday Honours 2014 . Old Joe . Autumn 2014 . 20 August 2019 . University of Birmingham.
Web site: Lost Alumni, Class of 1978 . . 1978 . 20 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222010312/http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/alumni/lostalumni/lostalumni1973.pdf . 22 December 2014.
News: Susan Atkins: 'We must take the threat to women in public life seriously'. Baksi. Catherine. 12 December 2018. The Guardian. 29 September 2019.
Web site: About us . https://web.archive.org/web/20150916180906/http://armedforcescomplaints.independent.gov.uk/aboutus.htm . 16 September 2015 . 20 August 2019 . Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces.
News: Dr Susan Atkins is named as the first Service Complaints Commissioner . 7 November 2007 . 20 August 2019 . Government News . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030557/http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/dr_susan_atkins_named_as_first_service_complaints/40306.html . 4 March 2016 . United Kingdom Government.
Web site: Service Complaints Commissioner . https://web.archive.org/web/20080402002856/http://armedforcescomplaints.independent.gov.uk/ . 2 April 2008 . 20 August 2019 . Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces.
News: Queen's birthday honours list 2014: Knights . 13 June 2014 . 20 August 2019 . . Guardian News & Media Limited.