Kate Lampard

Kate Lampard is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the People and Remuneration Committee. She is also Chair of the Responsible Gambling Trust, a Trustee of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and an established Verita associate.

She has served on the Nominations, Appointments and Governance Committee and was also Director of RHS Enterprises from 2008 to 2011.

Kate is experienced in a wide range of sectors having been Chair of Kent and Medway and Southeast Strategic Health Authorities, Vice-Chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service, Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, and a non-executive of the Royal Horticultural Society.

Her high-profile projects include leading the NHS investigations into Jimmy Savile by quality-assuring 34 independent investigations and producing an oversight report for the Secretary of State for Health. Serco published the report she produced alongside Verita’s managing partner following their review of the culture and treatment of detainees at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.

Kate’s work with Verita covers governance, organisational and system management, board and director development, investigations into organisational culture and management and service delivery.