Dr Pauleen Lane CBE
17. Dr Lane trained as an engineer. Her early experience
was as a Graduate Engineer in Drainage and Transportation for
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and as an Engineer in Bridges
and Highway Structures for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.
18. Since 1994 Dr Lane has been a part-time tutor
to Masters students in the Geotechnical Engineering, Management
and Built Environment Group at Manchester University.
19. From 1998-2008 she was a non-executive Director
and Deputy Chair of English Partnerships. She was an Audit Commissioner
from 2000-2006 and from 2001-2007 was a Board Member of the North
West Development Agency.
20. At present Dr Lane acts as a Board member of
the Football Licensing Authority, the Theatres Trust, the Tenant
Services Authority and the Coal Authority and as Trustee of the
Local Government Network. She was awarded a CBE in 2005 for services
to local government.
21. Dr Lane has been a Labour Party councillor for
the ward of Longford on Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
since 1986.
22. Dr Lane's full curriculum vitae is appended to
this Report as Appendix 3.
