Deborah Seddon

Deborah Seddon BSc Hons, MA has twenty years’ experience of working in UK professional and regulatory bodies, her most recent role being Regulatory Affairs Manager at the Engineering Council.  Her responsibilities included professional standards of competence and commitment, CPD, HE accreditation, governance, ethics, sustainability and security.  Previously, Deborah held roles in teaching and communications. Deborah’s previous Board level and external committee experience include: lay member of the Intellectual Property Regulatory Board (IPReg); advisor to a government department-led establishment of the UK’s Cyber Security Council; Chair of a London primary school governing body; and HE committees including the OfS Teaching Excellence Panel. Her particular professional interests are: ensuring public confidence in professions through transparency, openness and good governance; quality; and professions adapting to meet evolving needs and challenges. Personal interests include art appreciation; reading; leading shared reading aloud groups to promote well-being; gardens, gardening and growing produce; hiking; and exploring the outdoors.  All of this is enriched with the benefit of multicultural experiences of travel and love of the natural world.