Name
Valerie Gordon-Walker
Job Title
Senior Independent Non- Executive Director (SID)
Company
Chair of Remuneration and Nomination Committees within the aviation industry (ACL International and ACL UK) and an INED at Tokio Marine Kiln Syndicates Ltd
Speaker Bio
Named by Cranfield’s 2017 FTSE Board Report as one of the 100 Senior Women to watch, Valerie is a highly experienced Senior Independent Non-Executive Director (SID) & Chair of Board Sub-Committees.
Her Executive career as a Managing Director, Executive Committee Member and Group Head of People spanned banking, insurance, retail and energy and, since 2009, a strong non- executive portfolio career in both the private and public sector.
In the private sector, Valerie is a Senior Independent Non- Executive Director (SID) within the aviation industry (ACL International and ACL UK) and an INED at one of the leading Lloyd’s of London Managing Agents (Tokio Marine Kiln Syndicates Ltd.), chairing both Remuneration and Nominations Committees.
In the public sector, she has been a Board member and Chair of the Remuneration Committee for DWP Digital and formerly an Independent Senior Board Advisor to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) at the Bank of England.
Born in Dublin, and with dual (British and Irish) nationality, Valerie is a graduate of University College Dublin and a Founder member and Freeman of the Guild of HR Professionals in the City of London.
Her Executive career as a Managing Director, Executive Committee Member and Group Head of People spanned banking, insurance, retail and energy and, since 2009, a strong non- executive portfolio career in both the private and public sector.
In the private sector, Valerie is a Senior Independent Non- Executive Director (SID) within the aviation industry (ACL International and ACL UK) and an INED at one of the leading Lloyd’s of London Managing Agents (Tokio Marine Kiln Syndicates Ltd.), chairing both Remuneration and Nominations Committees.
In the public sector, she has been a Board member and Chair of the Remuneration Committee for DWP Digital and formerly an Independent Senior Board Advisor to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) at the Bank of England.
Born in Dublin, and with dual (British and Irish) nationality, Valerie is a graduate of University College Dublin and a Founder member and Freeman of the Guild of HR Professionals in the City of London.