Fiona Caldicott

Dame Fiona Caldicott DBE FRCPsych FRCP FRCPI FRCGP FMedSci (born 12 January 1941) is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and, previously, Principal of Somerville College, Oxford.

She was a Pro Vice-Chancellor, Personnel and Equal Opportunities, of the University of Oxford and chaired its Personnel Committee. She is Chair of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and a past President of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She was the first woman to be President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1993–96) and its first woman Dean (1990–93). From 2011-13 she was Chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care.

Caldicott was born on 12 January 1941, daughter of Joseph Soesan and Elizabeth (née Ransley). She was schooled at City of London School for Girls. She studied medicine at St Hilda's College, Oxford and qualified with BM BCh in 1966.