Mary Ney

Dame
Mary Ney
DBE
Born
Mary Ney

(1949-08-30) 30 August 1949 (age 75)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of London
Regent Street Polytechnic
OccupationPublic servant

Dame Mary Ney DBE (born 30 August 1949) is a British public servant who served as chief executive of the Royal Borough of Greenwich from 2000 and 2014.

Early life and education

Mary Ney was born to parents John and Lena Ney on 30 August 1949. She studied at Notre Dame High School in Southwark before studying mathematics at the University of London, graduating in 1970 and completing a Master's degree in the same subject in 1971. She completed a postgraduate diploma in management studies at the Regent Street Polytechnic in 1975.[1]

Career

Ney worked at London Borough of Southwark from 1979 until she became director of social services and housing at the London Borough of Harrow in 1992. She became chief executive of Royal Borough of Greenwich in 2000, a role she continued to hold for fourteen years, ending with a salary of £185,000.[2] The council was awarded Council of the Year in 2013.[3]

Later work

She was brought in as a supporting commissioner at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in February 2015 following scandals around child sexual exploitation, as one of five commissioners including Stella Manzie.[4] She succeeded David Meyers as the lead commissioner in March 2017.[5][6] As commissioner, she "helped to improve performance and rebuild the trust of local residents" including suspending the licences of forty taxi drivers.[7]

She served as a non-executive director for the Department of Communities and Local Government from 2016 to 2018.[3] Ney produced a review in October 2017 for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government called "Review of the Governance and Transparency of Local Enterprise Partnerships".[3] In August 2019, she was appointed to lead a review into financial oversight of further education colleges,[8][9] and in August 2020 led a rapid review into the management of local COVID-19 outbreaks.[10]

She is a trustee of CAFOD and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark.[1]

Honours

Ney was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) for services to local government.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ney, Dame Mary, (born 30 Aug. 1949), consultant in local government, since 2015; Government Commissioner, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, 2015–18 (Lead Commissioner, 2017–18); Associate, Cratus, since 2017 | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". www.ukwhoswho.com. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U292022. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Greenwich Council chief executive to retire - leaving £185,000 job up for grabs". News Shopper. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Dame Mary Ney appointed to conduct college financial monitoring review". GOV.UK. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Rotherham abuse: Key dates". BBC News. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ "James Brokenshire removes commissioners from Rotherham council after 3-year intervention". GOV.UK. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Rotherham Council gets back more powers". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. ^ Haynes, Luke (3 January 2019). "Director behind transformation of Rotherham children's services awarded OBE". Community Care. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  8. ^ Camden, Billy (4 September 2019). "Reviewer of college financial oversight 'welcomes' sector views". FE Week. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  9. ^ "No guarantee Stourbridge College site will be kept for education". Stourbridge News. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Local COVID-19 outbreaks: lessons learnt and good practice". GOV.UK. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Mary NEY". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.