Lady Eithne Birt CB
Biography
Lady Eithne Birt began her career in probation with the Greater Manchester Probation Service in 1979. She was promoted to roles at the Cambridgeshire, Inner London and Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Probation Services, before being appointed the founding Director-General of the National Probation Service in 2001. She was awarded the title of Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Birthday Honours List in 2004 for her work for public services. In 2005, she took the role of Director of the National Offender Management Service Change Programme.
In July 2005, she became the Managing Director of the Government Division at Fujitsu. Contracts with the Home Office, Cabinet Office and Treasury followed.
She is currently Chair of Bluelight Global Solutions and a Senior Adviser to Mastek UK, having been involved in a range of businesses and charitable foundations.
Non-executive Director
Non-executive Directors are part of the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Board and help provide strategic oversight.