The youngest of three sisters from a close and happy, though often poor, working-class Jewish family and a graduate in English Slipman went on to run the London TEC Council (the co-ordinating organisation for the
Training and Enterprise Councils in London. 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. She was awarded an OBE in the
1994 New Year Honours. In 1998, Slipman became Director of Environmental and Social Responsibility for the
National Lottery operators,
Camelot Group, where she stayed until 2003. She then moved to become Chairman of the UK's
Financial Ombudsman Service. In 2005 she became a director of the
Foundation Trust Network, working with
foundation hospitals within the
NHS. ==References==