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Cafcass Corporate Management Team

	Anthony Douglas, Chief Executive Anthony Douglas has been Chief Executive of Cafcass, the specialist national agency representing children and families in family courts throughout England, since 2004. Cafcass supports over 100,000 children in public and private law cases every year.  Prior to this he was Director of Social Services in the London Borough of Havering, where he was also Director of Housing, Leisure, Libraries and Neighbourhood Services, and in Suffolk, where he was Director of Social Care and Health Services.  He was an economist and then a journalist prior to becoming a social worker. He has written 3 books on UK social care and is now writing a fourth on social care partnerships.  He has been a school governor, a non-executive director of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and a government adviser on specific programmes. He is a Visiting Fellow of the University of East Anglia and Chair of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF).  Anthony has written four books on social care, including one on partnership working to be published in November 2008, and is now writing a fifth book on resilience. He was awarded a CBE in 2008.
	Jane Booth, Corporate Director Jane came to Cafcass from the Social Services Inspectorate. Prior to her position at the SSI she undertook the role of Assistant Director of Children’s Services in Kirklees. Originally from a Probation Service background she started her Social Services career in 1970 and has served on the Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds Panel of Guardian ad Litem as a Guardian from 1985 to 1986 and as Panel Manager in 1998.
	Sherry Malik, Corporate Director Sherry joined Cafcass after three and a half years at the Audit Commission. There she lead on Social Services work, in particular Children’s Services. Prior to this position she undertook the role of Assistant Director for the charity NCH, handling project management and development including contact and mediation projects. She also worked on new services for children and families in partnership with local authorities.
	Lamorna Wooderson, Corporate Director Lamorna became a qualified Probation Officer in 1976 and during her career covered the whole range of probation work including working as a Court Welfare Officer and Chief Officer in Probation. In May 2001 she began her Cafcass career as the South West Regional Manager and worked as Assistant Director of Operations and Divisional Director for the West before being appointed to her new position as Corporate Director in February 2005.