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Dame Julie Mellor

Dame Julie Mellor

Trustee, Involve

Dame Julie Mellor is a Trustee of Involve, the UK’s leading public participation charity, and will be chairing the new coalition for citizen juries.

She currently Chairs the Young Foundation, which works alongside communities to tackle social challenges, and the Federation of Industry Sector Skills and Standards, supporting employer led skills organisations. She chaired the Equal Opportunities Commission (1998- 2005) when it succeeded in getting equal pay back on the agenda and the introduction of legislative rights to paternity leave and to flexible working arrangements for both sexes. She was also chair of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (2012-2017). 

Twitter: @julietmellor