Naomi Nicholson

Naomi Nicholson is an experienced education and healthcare regulator and founding trustee of the Institute of Regulation, where she established and chairs the Institute’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group. Naomi's regulatory roles have included directorships at Ofqual and the Health and Care Professions Council and she currently works independently for different regulators as Director of Adelphian Regulatory Consultancy.

Naomi’s early career was in the third sector, with a focus on gender equality and human rights and she was later gender equality duty lead at the Government Equalities Office. Naomi is interested in compassionate, evidence-based regulation that creates insights to inspire and drive real improvement for the public and service users. She is also a primary school governor and girls' mentor and lives in the West Midlands with her three children, cat and dog. 

Committee membership

• Audit and Risk Committee

Declaration of interests