Caroline Corby will become Chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority Board on **23 November 2026**, succeeding Anna Bradley, who is stepping down after eight years. The SRA says Corby’s appointment followed several months of work by an external agency and an independent selection panel chaired by Senior Independent Board member Lisa Mayhew.
Corby is currently Chair of the Professional Standards Authority and has a background spanning 13 years in the City, private-equity work, private-sector boards, the London Probation Trust and public appointments. The PSA, CPS and GOV.UK biographies corroborate those aspects of her regulatory and public-service record.
The timing has an important qualification. The PSA says Corby will leave its Board on **31 December 2026**, although her SRA role starts on 23 November. The cited sources establish the dates but do not explain arrangements in the intervening period.
The SRA describes its incoming chair as bringing public-protection and regulatory experience as it seeks a more modern, proportionate and trusted regulator. Those are stated ambitions, not achieved outcomes. This is a senior leadership appointment, not evidence of wider SRA hiring or workforce expansion.