The Hon Zoë Billingham CBE
Biography
Zoë was appointed Chair of the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) and the National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body (NCARRB) by the Prime Minister in January 2022. She was appointed ex-officio member of the SSRB on 12 March 2024. Zoë brings years of experience of working in policing. Zoë was appointed as a non-executive director of the SIA in December 2021
Zoë has spent much of her career inspecting public services to promote improvement. Serving as Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue for 12 years, she shone a light on all aspects of policing and created the new fire inspectorate. She led the inspectorate’s national work on value for money, mental health and protecting the most vulnerable. Zoë’s work on domestic abuse and violence against women and girls led to a sea-change in approach. Appointed to the Home Secretary’s Task Force, she continues to support the government’s ambitious reform programme. Zoë is Chair of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and a Trustee of SafeLives, a national domestic abuse charity.
NCARRB and PRRB Appointment: January 2022 (reappointed October 2024) Term ends: January 2028
SSRB Appointment: 12 March 2024 (reappointed 31 January 2025) Term ends: 31 January 2028
Previous roles in government
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Non-executive director