Sarah Albon
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has appointed Sarah Albon as its new chief executive.
Albon will replaced acting chief executive David Snowball, who has held the post since June 2018 and is retiring at the end of the year.
Albon is currently inspector general and chief executive of the Insolvency Service. She will join the HSE on 1 September.
Her previous roles in government include: director of strategy and change at Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service; director of civil family and legal aid policy at the Ministry of Justice; deputy director of criminal legal aid strategy, Ministry of Justice. She has also served as principal private secretary to two Lord Chancellors.
Albon said: “I am honoured to have the opportunity to lead the executive of this important and hugely respected regulator. Working together with my new colleagues across HSE, I’m looking forward to getting to grips with the vital mission we deliver on behalf of Great Britain’s workplaces. My focus will be on continuing to deliver improvements in health and safety performance as our workplaces move into a future with new challenges, new technologies and new opportunities.”
Martin Temple, HSE’s chair added: “I am delighted to welcome Sarah Albon to HSE as our new chief executive and look forward enormously to working with her.
“Sarah’s CV speaks for itself and her valuable experience in leading organisations through change and planning for the future will stand her in good stead leading this world-class regulator of workplace health and safety.”
