Meet our Commissioners

  • Penny Gane

    Founder & Chair

  • Rebecca Mear

    Vice-Chair

  • Zara Nanu

    Gender Equality Research & Strategy Commissioner

  • Sandra Gordon

    Director of Bristol Women in Business Charter

  • Dr Joanne Medhurst

    Chief Medical Officer at NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire

  • Victoria Matthews

    Director, Business West

  • Prof. Jane White

    University of Bath

  • Sue Cohen

    University of Bristol

  • Prof Clare Wilkinson

    UWE Bristol

  • Kelly Gillett

    Director of People & Organisational Culture at South Gloucestershire & Stroud College

  • Katy Taylor

    Director of Bristol Women’s Voice

Full list of Commissioners

Penny Gane - Chair

Pam Turton - West of England Mayoral Combined Authority

Kay Howick - West of England Mayoral Combined Authority

Cllr Lisa Stone - Bristol City Council

Cllr Alison Evans - South Gloucestershire Council

Cllr Dine Romero - Bath & North East Somerset Council

Dr Joanne Medhurst - NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Amanda Webb - NHS

Lorett Spierenburg - Avon & Somerset Police

Sadie Fulton - TUC

Victoria Matthews - Business West

Jenny Ablett - Business West

Katy Taylor - Bristol Women’sVoice

Rebecca Mear - Voscur

Sandra Gordon - Bristol Women in Business Charter

Diane Bunyan & Sue Cohen - Economy Task Group

Paula Lyons - Avon Fire & Rescue Service

Jacqui Ford - Bath College

Kelly Gillett - South Glos College

Julia Gray - Bristol City Council

Melissa Mulhall - Bath Spa University

Jane White - Bath University

Clare Wilkinson - UWE Bristol

Lucinda Parr - University of Bristol

Sarah O;Leary - Next Link Housing

Zara Nanu - Gender Expert

Ben Pykett - PWC

Carmen Peacock - Lloyds Bank

Charlotte Stone - Avon & Somerset Police

Jennifer Tragner - SW Group