By Monidipa Fouzder2021-03-08T17:44:00+00:00
The Government Legal Department has marked International Women’s Day in a fitting way after barrister Susanna McGibbon became the second woman to assume the post of Treasury solicitor.
The Treasury solicitor is the government’s most senior legal official, who also heads the wider government legal profession including a number of government legal teams outside the Government Legal Department.
McGibbon takes over from City solicitor Peter Fish CB, who was appointed interim Treasury Solicitor following the resignation of Sir Jonathan Jones over the government’s Brexit plans.
McGibbon said she was proud to be the second female Treasury Solicitor, following in the footsteps of the late Dame Juliet Wheldon, on International Women’s Day.