Honorary officers
There are three honorary officers, elected by the full
membership:
Dame Gillian Pugh, Chair
Dame Gillian Pugh retired in 2005 as Chief Executive of Coram
Family, a leading children’s charity which aims to develop and
promote best practice in the care and support of very vulnerable
children and their families. She has published widely,
including London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the
Foundling Hospital (2008) and Contemporary Issues in the
Early Years (5th edition
2009). Gillian chaired the Advisory Committee
for the Cambridge Primary Review and is a co-author of the final
report Children, their World, their Education (Routledge
2009). She is chair of the National Children’s Bureau,
President of the National Childminding Association, and a vice
President of Early Education. Gillian is on the panel of the
Family Justice Review, is a member of the Children’s Workforce
Development Council, is on the Board of the Training and
Development Agency for Schools, and is visiting Professor at the
Institute of Education, She has advised governments in this
country and overseas on policies for children and families, and was
an advisor to the House of Commons Select Committee for children,
schools and families. She was awarded the DBE in 2005 for services
to children and families.
Jane Held, Vice Chair
Jane Held took retirement from local government service in April
2004 and is now running her own consultancy company. She was
Director of Social Services in Camden before retiring and
previously Director in Southend on Sea. She was also co-chair
of the Children and Families Committee of the Association of
Directors of Social Services for three years. She served on
the NSF CAMHS External Working Group. She was a founding
member of the Inter-Agency Group (IAG). During that period she
was co-author of Serving Children Well, the discussion paper that
stimulated Every Child Matters, and was responsible for
negotiations on ECM with DCSF in her ADSS role. She has 28
years’ experience in social care and has a national reputation and
profile as a child care expert.
David Rimington, Treasurer
David is married with two adult children. He has worked as an
accountant in the commercial sector for most of his career. He has
served as a trustee for Together Working for Well-being, a mental
health services charity of a similar size to NCB, and was
formerly a trustee of its pension fund. He has also undertaken
work for the homelessness charity Shelter and is involved with
young people as secretary of his local canoe club.