Mary Ney

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. == 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. The council was awarded Council of the Year in 2013. 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. She succeeded David Meyers as the lead commissioner in March 2017. As commissioner, she "helped to improve performance and rebuild the trust of local residents" including suspending the licences of forty taxi drivers. She served as a non-executive director for the Department of Communities and Local Government from 2016 to 2018. and in August 2020 led a rapid review into the management of local COVID-19 outbreaks. She is a trustee of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. == Honours ==

Ney was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to local government. == References ==