Ann Winifred Taylor is on the board of Thales SA and National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust Ltd. and Chair Council & Pro-Chancellor at the University of Bradford and Member of House of Lords.

In the past she held the position of Head-Housing Corporation at Hansard Society, Member of Nato Parliamentary Assembly, President of Privy Council Office and Member of Birkbeck University of London.

Ann Winifred Taylor received an undergraduate degree from the University of Bradford and a graduate degree from The University of Sheffield.