Moira has been Chair of the Police Authority since 2003 and was Deputy Chair of the Association of Police Authorities from 2004-2008. She was a magistrate for 18 years and joined the Police Authority in 2001 as a magistrate member.

A clinical psychologist by profession, Moira worked in the NHS for 20 years and as a postgraduate lecturer at Leicester University. She has been an Honorary Research Fellow at Exeter and Bristol Universities and an Honorary Tutor at Birmingham University. Before changing career, Moira worked in publishing in London. Moira is a past holder of a Winston Churchill Fellowship and a Council of Europe Medical Fellowship in the areas of alcohol and drug dependence.

Previous appointments include Vice Chairman of Somerset and Dorset Strategic Health Authority 2002-2006, Vice Chairman of National Clinical Assessment Authority (NCAA) from 2001-2003, Member of the Home Office Joint Prison/Probation Accreditation Panel from 1999-2002.

She is a Patron of the National Theatre, a Sponsor of Hay Festival and has a keen interest in horseracing.

Moira Chairs main Police Authority meetings, Appointments Committee and Remuneration Sub-Committee. She is an ex-officio member of all Police Authority Committees. Moira is the lead for the Authority on Protective Services.

Moira is the Police Authority Representative on the following bodies:
Association of Police Authorities Council
Joint Counter Terrorism Oversight Group (Metropolitan Police Authority)
Regional Representative for APA Citizen Focused and Community Engagement Group
Police Community Trust (Chair)
SouthWest One Board
Somerset Strategic Partnership
Board Member of West Country Crimestoppers.