Professor Sir Albert Aynsley-Green Kt

Children’s Commissioner for England;

Emeritus Professor of Child Health, University College London

MA, DPhil, Dhc, DCL, DUniv, MD, MB.BS.,

MRCS(Eng), FRCP(Lond), FRCP(Edin), FRCPCH, FFPH, FMedSci

Biography

Professor Sir Albert Aynsley-Green was appointed to be the first Children’s Commissioner by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, The Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP on 1^st March 2005.

On 30^th June 2005 Sir Albert stepped down from his roles as the first National Clinical Director for Children and Chair of the Children’s Taskforce at the Department of Health as well as Nuffield Professor of Child Health at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and at the Institute of Child Health, University College London.

On 1^st July 2005 he became full-time Children’s Commissioner, acting as an independent voice for children and young people, championing their interests and bringing their views and concerns to the national arena.

Sir Albert was an Executive Director on the Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust Board as well as the Director of Clinical Research & Development at the Institute of Child Health/Great Ormond Street Hospital from 1993 until September 2003. Prior to this, he was a Clinical and then University Lecturer and Fellow of Green College at the University of Oxford, Professor of Child Health and Head of the School of Clinical Medical Sciences at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and has held many advisory posts in relation to child health and children’s services.

He trained at Guy's Hospital Medical School, University of London; Oriel College, University of Oxford and the University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.

He has a keen research interest in the history of children and childhood and their standing in contemporary society.

Sir Albert is also a proud grandfather with six young grandchildren.

He has received many national and international markers of esteem and was knighted for his services to children and young people in Her Majesty the Queen’s 80^th Birthday Honours list in June 2006.