Jill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley

Jill Elizabeth Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley, OBE (née Bisson; born 4 January 1940) is a British Labour Party member of the House of Lords.

Her first job was working for Manchester City Council as a trainee child care officer in 1961.

In 2004, she was appointed chair of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS).

[4] Lady Pitkeathley also chaired the Office for Civil Society Advisory Body until its abolition in March 2011.

[5] Pitkeathley was a founding member of ACEVO, the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations.