Janet Gaymer

Janet Marion Gaymer, CBE, LL.D became a Civil Service Commissioner on 1 January 2006, when she was also appointed the Commissioner for Public Appointments, regulating ministerial appointments to designated public bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

She was originally Senior Partner, of Simmons & Simmons, aninternational law firm, as well as Chair of the Employment Tribunal System Taskforce and a member of the Employment Tribunals Service Steering Board.

Accomplishments

* She was a Member of the Council of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and Chair of its Audit Committee between 1995 and 2001.

* She was the Founder Chairman (and now Life Vice-President) of the UK Employment Lawyers' Association, and now Honorary Chairman of the European Employment Lawyers' Association.

Academics

She is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, an Honorary Doctor of Laws of Nottingham University (where she is a "Special Professor"), an Honorary Doctor of the University of Surrey and a Governor of the LSE.

RSC

She became a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1999.

Family

She is married to another solicitor and has two children.

External links

* [http://www.civilservicecommissioners.gov.uk/the_cs_commissioners.aspx#paraskeva Civil Service Commission biography]
* [http://www.janetgaymer.com/about.html Gaymer's website]
* [http://www.wittgroup.org/library/docs/janetgayner.doc Witt Group.org]
* [http://www.i4interactive.com/womanlawyerforum/html/biogs.html Biodata]