Education
Sheila Masters was educated at Eltham Hill Grammar School, followed by the University of Bristol, where she studied Law.
Sheila Masters was educated at Eltham Hill Grammar School, followed by the University of Bristol, where she studied Law.
Foreign three years from 1988, she was seconded to the National Health Service where she modernised its financial management. In 1999 she became the first female President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. At the same time, she was a non-executive director of the Bank of England and a governor of the London Business School, while still overseeing privatisations and other public sector work at Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler. Trade journal Accountancy Age described her as "the country"s most high profile accountant".
Baroness Noakes was the Opposition spokesperson for the Treasury (2003-2010), Work and Pensions (2001-2006) and Health (2001-2003).
In January 2006 she moved, with Lord Phillips, an amendment to the Identity Cards bill which led to it being defeated in the House of Lords and sent back to the House of Commons. She is a co-director of the Reuters Founders Share Company. and the British carpet retailer, CarpetRight.
She was made a Non Executive Director at RBS in August 2011.