Moira Gibb

Dame Moira Margaret Gibb (; born April 1950) is a British public servant and social work adviser. After qualifying as a social worker, she worked for the London boroughs of Ealing, Kensington and Chelsea, and Camden, where she served as the chief executive of Camden London Borough Council from 2003 to 2011. Gibb served as a Civil Service commissioner from 2012 to 2016, and chaired the boards of City Lit and Skills for Care until 2022. She led a serious case review into safeguarding at Southbank International School, and into the Church of England's response to the case of Peter Ball.

Early life and education Moira Margaret Bogan was born in April 1950 in Scotland to James Bogan and Catherine Bogan . She studied engineering for two years at the University of Glasgow before changing course and studying English, French and psychology,

Gibb was a member of the council of Reading University from 2013 to 2016, and served as a Civil Service commissioner from 2012 to 2016 and a director of the London Marathon from 2005 to 2011.

Reviews From 2014, Gibb chaired a serious case review into safeguarding at Southbank International School following the William Vahey case.

Gibb chaired the Church of England independent review (announced in February 2016) into the case of Peter Ball, a former bishop of Gloucester who was imprisoned in 2015 for sexual abuse. Gibb's report was published in June 2017 and concluded: "Ball's priority was to protect and promote himself and he maligned the abused. The Church colluded with that rather than seeking to help those he had harmed, or assuring itself of the safety of others." The report resulted in George Carey being asked to step down as an honorary assistant bishop by Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury.

Personal life In 1970, Gibb married the British diplomat Brian Graham Gibb, and later married Henry Blythe in 1990. She has one son. In the 2012 New Year Honours, she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to local government and social work. Gibb was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of East Anglia in 2012 and Kingston University in 2013.