Yvonne Brown has been appointed as a non-executive director of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.
Yvonne
Brown qualified as a solicitor in 1985 and her main areas of expertise
have been children, child protection, family law, and education. She
recently established Legal Management Consulting and is a Consultant
with Goodman Ray Solicitors. She served on the National Committee of
the family law organisation Resolution between 2004/2006. In September
2005 she was appointed to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, where
she chairs the Scrutiny Committee. She has appeared in the Times top
100 lawyers list and was a runner up for the Legal Aid Family Lawyer of
the Year.
Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s
leading children’s hospitals, with the widest range of children’s
specialists of any UK hospital. With the UCL Institute of Child Health,
it is the largest centre for research into childhood illness outside
the United States.
Yvonne Brown’s appointment starts on the 1st
July and lasts for four years. The standard remuneration of £5875 is
payable. She has declared no political activity or Ministerial
appointments. [1]
Welcoming the appointment Sir Cyril Chantler
said “Yvonne’s expertise in difficult areas of family law and child
protection, and her understanding of the challenges facing different
communities we serve, will enrich the work of the Board.”
Yvonne
Brown said “I am delighted to be associated with Great Ormond Street
Hospital and its important work in helping children.”
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