ONR Chair
Dame Judith Hackitt was appointed as Chair of ONR in January 2024 for an interim period during which a recruitment campaign will be conducted to select ONR’s next permanent Chair. An engineer by profession, she holds a degree in chemical engineering from Imperial College, London.
Formerly Chair of the Health and Safety Executive and of Make (UK) Limited, Dame Judith is currently Chair of Enginuity (an engineering and manufacturing skills body), a Director of Ingeniators Limited, a Non-Executive Director on the Board of HS2, and an advisor on Building Safety matters for the UK and Australian (Victoria) Governments.
Dame Judith spent more than 20 years in the private sector working in an industrial environment with extensive international experience. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2010, and is also a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and of the City and Guilds Institute.
She was awarded a CBE in 2006 for services to Health and Safety, followed by a DBE in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to health and safety and engineering.
Register of Interests
| 1 | Companies, partnerships, trusts or other bodies of which you are a paid employee. | Enginuity LTD (Chair) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Companies and organisations in which you or your family or close associates: |
Ingeniators LTD HS2: (Non-Executive Director until 31 January 2024) (Independent Chair of the Health Safety and Security Committee from 01 February 2024) |
| a) has/have a controlling interest, or | ||
| b) is/are a Director or Partner, or | ||
| c) has/have shares or securities with a nominal value of more than £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issues share capital, and | ||
| d) could be involved in the supply of goods or services to, or have business dealings with the ONR | ||
| 3 | Non-profit making organisations (e.g. charities, housing associations) where you or your close family are Trustees, or on the Committee of Management or other controlling body and which might receive grants, carry out activities designed to promote or develop the organisation, or have other significant dealings with the ONR. | None |
| 4 | Any land or property in which a member has a direct interest and is clearly within ONR's sphere of activities. | None |
| 5 | Membership of local authorities, health authorities and trusts, the Magistrates Bench, and relevant voluntary sector bodies. | None |