Former member Susannah Storey tells inquiry that Horizon IT problem was sprung on non-executive directors
A senior civil servant said non-executive directors at the Post Office felt “blindsided” by the way the company rushed out a 2013 report by forensic accountants that was highly critical of the state-owned body.
Susannah Storey, who is now permanent secretary at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, sat on the Post Office board between 2012 and 2014 as a non-executive director and the first shareholder representative of the UK government.