Lin Hinnigan, who was most recently interim chief executive of the Teaching Agency, will take over from current YJB chief executive John Drew in March 2013.
YJB chair Frances Done said Hinnigan’s professional background “has its roots in working with children and young people”.
After spending her early career working as a teacher and social worker, she trained as an educational psychologist and spent five years as principal educational psychologist at Coventry City Council.
She later moved into the civil service with roles including area director of the West Midland Court Service and head of legal services regulation and redress in the Ministry of Justice.
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