Sue Slipman
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Sue Slipman OBE was President of the National Union of Students between 1977 and 1978. Since then she has held a wide range of appointments and offices in the public sector and the field of training and education.
A graduate of the University of Wales, Lampeter, Slipman went on to teacher training at the University of London. A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, she was elected President of the NUS on the Broad Left ticket. She subsequently served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Communist Party before joining the Social Democratic Party in the early 1980s.
In 1993 she was Director of both the National Council for One Parent Families and the London East Training and Enterprise Council. Also a strong voice in women's issues, from 1992 she was a member of the Working Group on Women's Issues to the Secretary of State for Employment. She has also written a number of books aimed at improving the situation of women, and single parents, in the workplace.
In 1994 Slipman received an honorary degree of Doctor of Arts from Oxford Brookes University.
In 1998, Slipman became Director of Environmental and Social Responsibility for the National Lottery operators, The Camelot Group, where she stayed until 2003. She is currently Chairman of the UK's Financial Ombudsman Service.
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