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Lady Judge is Chairman Emeritus of the [[United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority|UK Atomic Energy Authority]] (UKAEA), chairman of the [[Pension Protection Fund]], and UK Business Ambassador on behalf of [[UK Trade and Investment]].<ref>[http://www.dwp.gov.uk/previous-administration-news/press-releases/2010/april-2010/dwp066-10-070410.shtml Lady Judge appointed Chair of Pension Protection fund]. DWP. Retrieved on 2011-04-13.</ref><ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/press-notices/2010/11/pm-announces-new-business-ambassadors-56764 PM announces new Business Ambassadors]. Number10.gov.uk (2010-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-04-13.</ref><ref name=chairukaea>[http://www.niauk.org/news/latest-nuclear-news/judge-to-chair-ukaea.html NIA – The Nuclear Industry Association – Judge to chair UKAEA]. Niauk.org (2004-07-30). Retrieved on 2011-04-13.</ref>
 
Lady Judge is Chairman Emeritus of the [[United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority|UK Atomic Energy Authority]] (UKAEA), chairman of the [[Pension Protection Fund]], and UK Business Ambassador on behalf of [[UK Trade and Investment]].<ref>[http://www.dwp.gov.uk/previous-administration-news/press-releases/2010/april-2010/dwp066-10-070410.shtml Lady Judge appointed Chair of Pension Protection fund]. DWP. Retrieved on 2011-04-13.</ref><ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/press-notices/2010/11/pm-announces-new-business-ambassadors-56764 PM announces new Business Ambassadors]. Number10.gov.uk (2010-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-04-13.</ref><ref name=chairukaea>[http://www.niauk.org/news/latest-nuclear-news/judge-to-chair-ukaea.html NIA – The Nuclear Industry Association – Judge to chair UKAEA]. Niauk.org (2004-07-30). Retrieved on 2011-04-13.</ref>
  
In September 2012 she was appointed deputy chairman of [[Tokyo Electric Power Company|TEPCO]]'s Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee,<ref>[http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2012/1221806_1870.html Document Related to the First Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee Meeting] TEPCO News >Press Releases>Press Release (Oct 12,2012) and [http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2012/1219543_1870.html Framework for the Nuclear Reform], TEPCO News, Press Release, 11 Sep 2012)</ref>  
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In September 2012 she was appointed deputy chairman of [[Tokyo Electric Power Company|TEPCO]]'s Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee,<ref>[http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2012/1221806_1870.html Document Related to the First Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee Meeting] TEPCO News >Press Releases>Press Release (Oct 12,2012) and [http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2012/1219543_1870.html Framework for the Nuclear Reform], TEPCO News, Press Release, 11 Sep 2012)</ref> tasked with turning around Tepco's shattered reputation as the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeast Japan that was at the centre of Japan's worst nuclear plant accident, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
  
 
=='Japan's nuclear saviour'==
 
=='Japan's nuclear saviour'==

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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 deputy chairman of TEPCO's Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee,[5] tasked with turning around Tepco's shattered reputation as the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeast Japan that was at the centre of Japan's worst nuclear plant accident, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

'Japan's nuclear saviour'

Lady Judge has been hired by TEPCO as a 'safety czar'. In a July 2013 interview with the Telegraph (at which bottled water from Fukushima was served at the table), she explained that:

Our goal is to make Tepco the safest nuclear operator in the world. But I don't see my role as just helping Tepco, it's about helping the industry and helping the country. Whatever we do for Tepco is going to get mirrored elsewhere."
...Referring to Tepco's handling of the 2011 crisis, she added: "I think there have to be clear lines of authority in a crisis. And clear plans of how to handle a crisis before it ever happens. It wasn't as well prepared as it should have been. There's no question that there were no clear lines of authority – that's why there was confusion and it had to go up to the prime minister who didn't know very much about nuclear.

Directorships

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. [6][7][8],[9] [10]

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. 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, 11 Sep 2012)
  6. Andrew Davidson, "UK Nuclear Power Boss Radiates Boundless Energy", The Sunday Times, June 26, 2005
  7. Financial Reporting Council, Barbara Thomas Judge Biography
  8. London Capital Club, Advisory Board
  9. Wharton Business School
  10. UKAEA, Board of Directors