Urmila "Millie" Banerjee, CBE (née Ray-Chaudhuri; born 30 June 1946) is a British businessperson who has held a number of public appointments.
In 1970, she started working for Post Office Telecommunications, initially as an operational manager and rising to Director level from 1990 to 1995 in what was now BT.
[1][2] Banerjee has extensive board experience, having served as a non-executive director or board member for a number of public sector-related organisations: Banerjee's government posts include the Prison Service Agency (1990–1995), the Cabinet Office between 1999 and 2005, the Nurses and Allied Professions Pay Review Board (1999–2002), Channel 4 from 2000 to 2002, the Judicial Appointments Commission (2001–05), and the Strategic Rail Authority, (2002–05), and as Chairman of Postwatch from 2005 to 2008 when it was merged into Consumer Focus, and of the Postal Services Commission in 2011 until it was dissolved and merged into Ofcom, and as a Member of Ofcom itself from 2002 to 2012.
[5] She resigned from the latter role in August 2022 following the release of a leaked recording of her allegedly making "several disparaging comments" about employees at NHS Blood and Transplant in June 2020.
[6][7] Banerjee was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2002 for her work supporting Civil Service reform,[8] and as High Sheriff of Greater London for 2012/13.