Francis John Plowden is a lay member of the Judicial Appointments Commission

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The Judicial Appointments Commission is responsible for selecting judges in England and Wales. It is a non-departmental public body which was created on 3 April 2006 as part of the reforms following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005...

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Plowden is Chairman of the Greenwich

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 Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College and Chairman of the National Council for Palliative Care

Palliative care

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. He was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers

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 until 2001, where he was responsible for public policy and management work worldwide. He has previously held board positions in the public

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, private

Private sector

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 and voluntary sectors. He has been a lay member of the Judicial Appointments Commission

Judicial Appointments Commission

The Judicial Appointments Commission is responsible for selecting judges in England and Wales. It is a non-departmental public body which was created on 3 April 2006 as part of the reforms following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005...

since January 2006.