Marilynne Morgan

Marilynne Morgan CB is a barrister and retired top civil servant. After studying history at Bedford College, London (now part of Royal Holloway, University of London), she joined the Foreign Office, before being called by Middle Temple in 1972. She held a succession of posts in the government legal service, rising to be Director-General of the Law and Special Policy Group at the Department for Work and Pensions. In this role, she was one of the most senior civil servants reporting directly to the Permanent Secretary, in the largest UK government department with over 100,000 employees at the time.[1]

Morgan was trustee of the Alzheimer’s Society between 2003 and 2009, trustee of the Alzheimer’s Brain Bank between 2005 and 2011,[2] and non-executive director of Treasury Solicitor’s Department between 2004 and 2010. She is currently Chairman, Friends of Buckinghamshire’s Historic Churches[3] and Chairman of Trustees, University Women’s Club. She is also an officer of the Middle Temple, serving as Master of the Kitchen.[4]

She was appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) in 1996,[5] one of the United Kingdom's most senior orders of chivalry.

References
  1. "Department of Work & Pensions Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. Morgan, Marilynne. "Marilynne Morgan". Companies' House. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. Morgan, Marilynne. "About Us". Buckinghamshire Historic Churches. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. Morgan, Marilynne. "Officers of the Inn". Officers of the Inn, Middle Temple. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. Morgan, Marilynne. "Marilynne Morgan". Middle Temple. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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