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{{short description|British businessperson|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{infobox person
|birth_name = Urmila Ray-Chaudhuri
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|6|30}}
|birth_place = Kolkata, India
|occupation = Academic, businessperson
|alma_mater = [[University College London]] [[University of North London]]
}}
'''Urmila''' "'''Millie'''" '''Banerjee''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (''née'' '''Ray-Chaudhuri'''; born 30 June 1946 in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]) is a British businessperson who has held a number of public appointments.

== Career ==
Banerjee read for a BSc in zoology at [[University College London]] and then a [[Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Studies|DMS]] from the Polytechnic of North London (now the [[University of North London]]). In 1970, she started working for Post Office Telecommunications, initially as an operational manager and rising to Director level from 1990 to 1995 in what was now [[BT Group|BT]]. Banerjee then transferred to [[ICO Global Communications]], serving as Vice-President of Programme Management from 1995 to 1997, then Executive vice-President of Operations until 2000.<ref name="Who's Who" /><ref name="BTPA bio">{{cite web
| url = http://btpa.police.uk/1059/millie-banerjee
| title = Millie Banerjee
| work = BTPA website
| author = British Transport Police Authority
| year = 2012
| accessdate = 2012-04-25
}}</ref>

== Public appointments ==
Banerjee has extensive board experience, having served as a non-executive director or board member for a number of [[public sector]]-related organisations:

Banerjee's government posts include the [[Prison Service Agency]] (1990–1995), the [[Cabinet Office]] between 1999 and 2005, the [[Nurses and Allied Professions Pay Review Board]] (1999–2002), [[Channel 4]] from 2000 to 2002, the [[Judicial Appointments Commission]] (2001–05), and the [[Strategic Rail Authority]], (2002–05), and as Chairman of [[Postwatch]] from 2005 to 2008 when it was merged into [[Consumer Focus]], and of the [[Postal Services Commission]] in 2011 until it was dissolved and merged into [[Ofcom]], and as a Member of [[Ofcom]] itself from 2002 to 2012.<ref name="Who's Who" /><ref name="Nominet Trust bio">{{cite web | url = http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/node/402/lightbox2 | title = Millie Banerjee CBE | work = Nominet Trust website | author = Nominet Trust | year = 2011 | accessdate = 2012-04-25 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105104602/http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/node/402/lightbox2 | archivedate = 5 November 2013}}</ref>

Academic and vocational institutions with which Banerjee has been involved include being Governor of [[London South Bank University]] from 1993 to 1998, as Director of [[Focus Central London]] (1997–2000) and of the [[Sector Skills Councils|Sector Skills Development Agency]] (2001–04), as a Member of the Advisory Board to the [[Imperial College Business School|Tanaka Business School]] at [[Imperial College London]] from 2003 to 2007, and as a Trustee (and latterly chairman) of the [[Carnegie United Kingdom Trust]] (2001–2007).<ref name="Who's Who" /><ref name="BTPA bio" /> She was Chair of the [[British Transport Police Authority]] from 2008 to 2015<ref name="Who's Who">{{cite web | url = http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U2000169 | title = BANERJEE, Urmila, (Millie) | work = Who's Who 2012, online edition | author = A & C Black | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2012 | accessdate = 2012-04-25 }}</ref>

Banerjee is currently a Governor of the [[Peabody Trust]] since 2008,<ref name="Who's Who" /> as a Member of Newham Primary Care Trust (now [[NHS East London and the City]]) since 2009,<ref name="Nominet Trust bio" /> as Chair of [[Working Links (Employment) Ltd|Working Links]] since 2010<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.workinglinks.co.uk/media_centre/latest_news/mille_banerjee.aspx | title = New chair appointed at Working Links | work = Press release | author = Working Links | year = 2010 | accessdate = 2012-04-25}}</ref> and as Chair of the [[Nominet Trust]] since 2012.<ref name="Nominet Trust bio" />

Banerjee was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in [[2002 Birthday Honours|the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2002]] for her work supporting [[British Civil Service|Civil Service]] reform,<ref name="CBE">{{London Gazette | issue = 56595 | date = 15 June 2002 | supp = y | page=7 }}</ref> and as [[High Sheriff of Greater London]] for 2012/13.<ref name="High Sherriff">{{London Gazette | issue = 60087 | date = 15 March 2012 | page =5223 }}</ref>

== References ==
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== Positions held ==
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{{s-gov}}
{{s-bef | before = [[Peter Carr (public official)|Peter Carr]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = Chairman of [[Postwatch]] | years = 2005–2008 }}
{{s-non | reason = Organisation merged into [[Consumer Focus]]}}

{{s-bef | before = [[Nigel Stapleton]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = Chairman of the [[Postal Services Commission]] | years = 2011 }}
{{s-non | reason = Commission merged into [[Ofcom]]}}

{{s-civ | pol}}
{{s-bef | before = [[Alistair Graham|Sir Alistair Graham]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = Chairman of the [[British Transport Police Authority]] | years = 2008–2015 }}
{{s-aft | after = [[Esther McVey]]}}

{{s-hon}}
{{s-bef | before = [[Elizabeth Arnold (Royal official)|Lady Elizabeth Arnold]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = [[High Sheriff]] of Greater London | years = 2012 }}
{{s-aft | after = David Fraser Christopher Jones}}

{{s-npo}}
{{s-bef | before = [[Keith Faulkner (charity worker)|Keith Faulkner CBE]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = Chair of [[Working Links]] | years = 2010– }}
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{{s-end}}

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