Dr Diana Walford, CBE, MD, BSc MSc FRCP, FRCPath, FFPH
Chair, Board of Trustees, Inner Circle Educational Trust
Diana, a clinical haematologist, has held senior posts in the NHS, the civil service, a non-departmental public body and in higher education.
Formerly, she was Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford (2002-11); Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service (1993-2002); Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England and Director of Healthcare on the NHS Management Executive (1989-1992). She was an honorary consultant haematologist to the Central Middlesex Hospital. In addition to her current non-executive role as Chair of the Inner Circle Educational Trust,she is a member of the Council of the University of Liverpool. Formerly, she chaired the Board of Trustees of Regent’s University London and other non-executive director positions have included the Board of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Council of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Board of the NHS Blood and Transplant Authority; Trustee of Sue Ryder and Member of the State Honours Committee.
Having previously been a Governor of The Ditchley Foundation for 20 years, Diana is now an Honorary Governor (2020 -).
Honorary Governors
The Ditchley Internship Programme
The Ditchley Internship programme offers over 50 students the opportunity each year to become immersed in the ethos of Ditchley.
Our Home at Ditchley Park
Ditchley Park is part of the world’s heritage and remains as central to our way of working now as it has ever been.
