The Secretary of State for Justice has approved the appointment
of Her Honour Anne Molyneux MBE as a judicial member of the
Parole Board for a 5-year term from 6 December 2025. In addition,
the Chair of the Parole Board, Alexandra Marks CBE, has
designated Her Honour Anne Molyneux MBE as the Board's Vice
Chair.
The Vice Chair will be expected to share in the leadership and
governance of the Parole Board.
The Parole Board is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body
sponsored by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). It works with its
criminal justice partners to protect the public by risk assessing
prisoners to decide whether they can be safely released into the
community. It was established by the Criminal Justice Act 1967.
Appointments and re-appointments to the Parole Board (with the
exception of Judicial members) are regulated by the Commissioner
for Public Appointments.
Biography
Her Honour Anne Molyneux MBE was a Circuit Judge from 2007 to
2017; a Senior Circuit Judge, Central Criminal Court, from 2017
to 2022; and a Deputy High Court Judge, from 2013 until 2022. She
also sat as an Additional Judge in the Court of Appeal Criminal
Division. She was admitted as a solicitor in 1983 and was a
Recorder from 2000 until 2007. In 2024 she was appointed as a
trustee and member of the Board of the Access to Justice
Foundation as the nominee of the Lady Chief Justice. She was an
Independent member for the Parole Board (2003 – 2007) and later a
Judicial member (2010 – 2019).
