Moira Gibb


Dame Moira Margaret Gibb is a British public servant and former social worker. She was also a Director for Achieving for children ltd, Rejisterd company at SLLP Merton, covering 5 local councils for addoption and fostering. Royal Borough of Kingston and Royal Borough of Richmond plus Merton council and Sutton Councils local children.

Early life and education

Gibb studied engineering for two years at the University of Glasgow. She then transferred courses, and studied French and Psychology, graduating with an undergraduate Master of Arts degree. She later studied social work at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a diploma in social administration.

Career

On graduation she became a teacher at a secondary modern school in Newham, East London. She then qualified as a social worker. She rose through the profession to become deputy director of social services in Kensington and Chelsea in 1988, and then became director in 1990. In 2003 she was appointed chief executive of Camden Borough Council. She remained in this post until 2011.

Other work

Gibb is a non-executive director of the NHS England Board, the UK Statistics Authority, and chair of Skills for Care, and a former chief executive of Camden Borough Council.
Gibb is a member of the Council of Reading University, and was formerly a Civil Service Commissioner and a director of the London Marathon. She is also chair of governors of City Lit.

Reviews

From 2014, Gibb chaired the Serious Case Review of safeguarding at Southbank International School following the William Vahey case. The report was delivered in 2016, and concluded that "positive steps have already been taken" but that there was "still much to be done".
Gibb chaired the Church of England independent review into the case of former Bishop of Gloucester Peter Ball, who was imprisoned in 2015 for sexual abuse. The report was published in June 2017 and concluded: "Ball's priority was to protect and promote himself and he maligned the abused. The Church colluded with that rather than seeking to help those he had harmed, or assuring itself of the safety of others". The report resulted in George Carey being asked to step down as an honorary assistant bishop by Justin Welby, the current Archbishop of Canterbury.

Honours

Gibb was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002. In the 2012 New Year Honours, she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire "for services to social work".