Barbara Thomas Judge

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Barbara Thomas, Lady Judge, CBE, is an American-English lawyer, businesswoman, lobbyist and nuclear expert. She has been described as one of Britain's 100 most powerful women. [1]

Current roles

Lady Judge is Chairman Emeritus of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), chairman of the Pension Protection Fund, and UK Business Ambassador on behalf of UK Trade and Investment.[2][3][4]

In September 2012 she was appointed member of TEPCO Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee.

Appointments

On the Board of UKAEA from September 2002, became Chairman in July 2004. According to her official biographies and records from Companies House, her other appointments include:

She is the former executive director of Murdoch's News International and has served on the US Securities & Exchange Commission. She was a former director at merchant bank Samuel Montagu and a former adviser to Express newspaper boss Richard Desmond. [5][6][7],[8] [9]

TEPCO

In September 2012, Lady Judge was appointed member of TEPCO Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee.[10][11]

Personal life

She is married to Sir Paul Judge and has a son from her second marriage to Allen L. Thomas, an American lawyer.

References

  1. Woman's Hour Power list, BBC Radio 4, February 2013
  2. Lady Judge appointed Chair of Pension Protection fund. DWP. Retrieved on 2011-04-13.
  3. PM announces new Business Ambassadors. Number10.gov.uk (2010-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-04-13.
  4. NIA – The Nuclear Industry Association – Judge to chair UKAEA. Niauk.org (2004-07-30). Retrieved on 2011-04-13.
  5. Andrew Davidson, "UK Nuclear Power Boss Radiates Boundless Energy", The Sunday Times, June 26, 2005
  6. Financial Reporting Council, Barbara Thomas Judge Biography
  7. London Capital Club, Advisory Board
  8. Wharton Business School
  9. UKAEA, Board of Directors
  10. Photo in center with Dale E. Klein (left), former Chairperson of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,東電の原子力改革監視委が初会合 柏崎再稼働目指し、信頼回復図る.  Sankei Shimbun.  Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  11. Document Related to the First Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee Meeting TEPCO News >Press Releases>Press Release (Oct 12,2012) and Framework for the Nuclear Reform, TEPCO News, Press Release (Sep 11,2012)