She was previously president of John Grooms and chief executive of ChildLine, the free national helpline for children.
Movers: Baroness Valerie Howarth of Breckland, chair, Grooms-Shaftesbury
Baroness Valerie Howarth of Breckland has been appointed chair of the board of trustees to Grooms-Shaftesbury, the Christian disability charity formed by the merger of disability charities John Grooms and the Shaftesbury Society in June.