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Dr Suzy WaltonFrom actress to Chartered Director

By Dr Suzy Walton
2nd September 2010

Suzy Walton started out as an actress in London, now a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist and Chartered Director. She is a former Senior Civil Servant from the Cabinet Office and in 2008 became a full time non-executive director on various boards in government and the wider public sector. You can meet her at our national conference, 12 October, London.

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