Alice Perkins

[9] In 2001, Perkins moved to the Cabinet Office to work as Director General, Corporate Development Group,[7] responsible for human resources across government, top appointments and civil service reform, reporting direct to the Cabinet Secretary.

[12] In early 2006, Perkins joined the board of the airports operator BAA plc,[13] until its takeover by the Spanish firm Ferrovial later the same year.

[14] She has also served as a non-executive director on the board of Littlewoods (1997–2001)[15] and TNS (the global market information company) where she was also chair of the Remuneration Committee from 2005 until its takeover by WPP in 2008.

Second Sight played a key role in exposing the scandal, finding flaws in the Horizon computer system which generated false evidence of cash shortfalls at sub-post offices, leading to wrongful prosecutions of sub-postmasters.

Hundreds of sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly prosecuted after faulty computer software calculated money was missing from post office branches.