The Rt Hon Dame Janet Paraskeva
Biography
Dame Janet was Chief Executive of the Law Society from 2000 to 2006, preparing it for the advent of the Legal Services Act 2007 by establishing separate regulatory functions for the SRA and the OLC.
She has since served as First Civil Service Commissioner, been an independent member of the Consumer Council for Water, a non-executive director of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, Chair of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, and Chair of the Appointments Commission for the States of Jersey.
She also serves a trustee of the charity Contemporary Applied Arts, as Vice Chair of the Games Rating Authority, Chair of Primary Eye Care Services, and is Chair of Council for Licenced Conveyancers, the Construction Skills Certification Scheme, and the Southern Co-op.
Dame Janet was made a Privy Councillor to assist in her role as a member of the Detainee Inquiry established by the Prime Minister in 2010.
Lead Non-Executive Director
The Government Legal Department’s non-executive directors have a range of responsibilities including:
- providing an independent perspective and constructive challenge of the executive function to ensure that the most appropriate business and management processes are in place
- supporting the Permanent Secretary (the Treasury Solicitor)
- engaging in budget panel review meetings
- monitoring and challenging the department’s performance in relation to its objectives, commitments and its strategy