Education
She was educated at Wimbledon High School, Cambridge University and Stanford University which she attended on a Harkness Fellowship.
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Sara Nathan
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Her college at Cambridge was New Hall and she was vice-president of Cambridge Union. Broadcasting Sara Nathan was a British Broadcasting Corporation journalist for 15 years on Newsnight, Breakfast Time and The Money Programme. She was on the launch team for Radio 5 Live and was the first editor of its morning programme.
After that she became Britain"s first female editor of a television network news programme when she became Editor of Channel 4 News in 1995, a post she held until 1997.
She has also served on the board of ATVOD, the regulatory agency designated by OFCOM as the "co-regulator" of television on demand (VOD). Other roles She was a Commissioner for the Marshall Scholarships until December 2006.
She chaired The Animal Procedures Committee, a body that advises the British Home Secretary on matters related to animal experimentation in the United Kingdom, until its abolition in 2012. Since April 2012 she has been a Public Appointments Assessor, chairing the appointment of Chairs of public bodies, reporting to David Normington, the First Civil Service Commissioner, and a Chair of disciplinary hearings for the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Sara Nathan was appointed to the board of the Solicitors" Regulation Authority in January 2010.
She is a trustee of Why Maine?, a charity promoting Restorative Justice.
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Sara Nathan was a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and of the Professional Conduct Committee of the Bar Council. She was on the Regulatory Decision Committee of the Financial Services Authority from 2001 to 2007, and was a member of the ICSTIS PhonepayPlus Committee (which regulates premium rate telephony) until November 2008. She was a lay member of the Judicial Appointments Commission from January 2006 to January 2012.
