Dame Christine Braddock, DBE, DL is a British further education administrator, academic and was High Sheriff of the West Midlands for the year 2013-2014.
Dame Christine Braddock, DBE, DL is a British further education administrator, academic and was High Sheriff of the West Midlands for the year 2013-2014.
Christine Braddock was born in Burnley, Lancashire, where she attended Towneley High School (then Burnley Technical High School) and later went to Newcastle University.[1] Going on to graduate from Birmingham University with a BPhilEd in Education in 1989.[2]
She is currently chairman of Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Until 2014 she was the Principal and Chief Executive of Birmingham Metropolitan College.[3][4] She previously ran prison education for the Home Office in the Midlands.[5]
Braddock was appointed as the new chairman of Birmingham Children's Hospital beginning in 2015.[6][7] She is a past President of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and was the first public sector representative in its history to be nominated for the Presidency.[8]
She was appointed High Sheriff of the West Midlands in March 2013.[9] She was awarded an honorary DUniv degree by Birmingham University in 2013.[10]
Braddock was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to Further Education in the 2013 New Year Honours.[11][12] She had formerly been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[5]