Suzy Walton
Suzy Walton

Suzy Walton

  • Tv Presenter / Broadcaster
Konuşma Yaptığı Diller
  • İngilizce

Business Management
Careers
Change Management
Corporate Governance
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Leadership
Organizational Culture
Talent Management
Workplace Respect
Equality and Inclusion

Suzy, who has 7 children including a boy born during the covid pandemic, was originally a West End actress. She played the juvenile lead of Lydia a young deaf girl in the award-winning play “Children of a Lesser God.” She then had a career as a broadcast journalist working as a presenter for BBC Television and a reporter for Sky News. For several years she had her own travel show – Time Off on LBC Radio. Never shirking a challenge, Suzy was producer, presenter and editor for the show.
Suzy then embarked on an academic career obtaining two Science degrees before becoming a Senior Civil Servant. She worked in the Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office and the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. During this period Suzy received a PhD degree for classified military research.
Over the last decade, Suzy has sat on the boards of over 15 major organisations and Government committees.
She is a Vice-President of Combat Stress which treats veterans for PTSD and serves as an advisor to the Secretary of State for Health on the national Independent Reconfiguration Panel. She also has the honour of being the longest standing board member at the Institute of Directors. She served from 2013-2022 – sitting on the main board and also as Chair of the Accreditation and Standards Committee. For the Ministry of Justice, Suzy sits on the disciplinary panel and hears cases involving judges and other members of the judiciary.
She is the former Vice-President of the Royal Society of Medicine, and the former Deputy Chair of the Royal Society of Arts, the University of Westminster and the Internet Watch Foundation. The latter is an organisation that seeks to eradicate child sexual abuse from the internet. She has also sat on the boards of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and ACCA which is the global regulator for the accountancy profession. For ACCA, she also chaired the global Qualifications Board.
Suzy is a former member of the State Honours Committee which makes recommendations for awards to the Prime Minister and the King. She was also a member of the Ethics Group of the National DNA Database in the Home Office. Also, for Defra she was a member of the Science Advisory Council.
She has also sat on the board of HEFCE which is the former funder and regulator of the university sector. And for the Department of Health, she was a member of the National Specialist Commission Group which held a £5 billion budget for health services for rare conditions.
Suzy is Chartered in three different professions. She is an expert at juggling responsibilities and achieving success in the face of significant barriers. Suzy was a widow for many years and faced cancer but has still managed to combine several careers with raising a family of 7.
Through her open and honest speaking style, Suzy inspires and motivates her audience. She encourages people to believe that they are capable of more than they think. Drawing on experiences from the stage, the nursery and the boardroom, Suzy reflects on what she believes is critical for success and how to overcome barriers.
Suzy talks in particular about ‘lucky escapes’ – her belief that you don’t have to have a plan to succeed. Drawing on her broad experiences she talks about how many of the things that turned out well for her happened by chance because of something she didn’t do – a lucky escape if you like.

Suzy Walton’s 2023 talks & topics
JUGGLING RESPONSIBILITIES
WOMEN AND DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE

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