Ann Bowtell


Dame Ann Elizabeth Bowtell is a British retired civil servant. She was the UK's First Civil Service Commissioner from 1993–1995.

Early life and education

Bowtell was born in 1938 to John Albert Kewell and Olive Rose Sims.
Bowtell was educated at Kendrick Girls' School in Reading. She studied Economics at Girton College, University of Cambridge, where she was made an honorary fellow in 1997.
In 1961, she married Michael John Bowtell. They have two sons and two daughters.