The Secretary of State has approved, as members of the Children
and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) Board,
the reappointment of Catherine Doran and Mandy Jones from 14 May
2025 to 13 May 2026 and extended the tenure of Rohan Sivanandan
from 24 December 2024 to 30 June 2025.
Catherine Doran
Catherine is a retired executive director of children services in
London following a career in social work, safeguarding and policy
development. She has worked in a variety of public sector
services and her executive portfolio spanned central and local
government, the NHS and more recently the not-for-profit sector.
She was a non-executive director at the Disclosure and Barring
Service. She sits as a member of the Children's Advisory Board of
the British Board of Film Classifications and on the board of a
children's charity.
Mandy Jones
In 1990 Mandy joined the Civil Service as policy lead for the
Prison Service Medical Directorate. The majority of her career
has focused on operational delivery, organisational improvement,
change management and programme delivery working in the Home
Office, Ministry of Justice and the Cabinet Office. She has also
worked on international projects. Mandy is currently a full-time
foster carer and foster care ambassador based in Kent.
Rohan Sivanandan
Rohan Sivanandan worked as an economist and senior executive in
the private sector before moving into the education field. He has
held a number of board, non-executive and trustee positions.
Currently, Rohan is: a non-executive director for Cambridge
University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where he chairs the
Workforce and Education committee; a lay member of the
Independent Reconfiguration Panel which provides advice to the
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care; an independent
member of the Greater London Authority on Mayoral appointments;
an investigation panel member for the Nursing and Midwifery
Council; a panel chair of NHS Mental Health Act hearings.
All 3 did not declare any political activity.
Cafcass is the statutory body that safeguards and promotes the
welfare of children in Family Court proceedings.
Appointments to the Cafcass Board are made by the Secretary of
State for Justice. Appointments are regulated by the Commissioner
for Public Appointments and recruitment processes comply with the
Governance Code on Public Appointments.
