Jenny Owen CBE
Non Executive Director
Jenny was the Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Adults, Health and Community Wellbeing at Essex County Council until the end of March 2012. Her responsibilities included deputising for the Chief Executive, leading on Commissioning for people, partnership working for the Council and specifically Adult Social Care, Libraries and Adult learning. She had worked in Essex since 2004, and has 34 years experience of working in Social care.
Jenny is the immediate Past President of Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, and she Co-Chaired the National Dementia Strategy up to its launch in 2008, and is now the national Local Authority champion. Jenny is also a Trustee of the Social Care Institute of Excellence.
She has lived in Haringey for 20 years and joined the trust as an NED in October 2010.