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British businesswoman

Eithne Victoria, Baroness Birt, CB (née Walsh; born December )^[1] is the former founding Director-General of the National Probation Service, and former managing director of the Government Division at Fujitsu.

She is the wife of John Birt, Baron Birt, and is styled as Lady Birt.^[2]

Education

Birt was educated at the High School in Northern Ireland (since amalgamated with the Royal School, Dungannon) from to , and was head girl from to ^[3]

She undertook a year of VSO in Western Zambia before going to Manchester University in where she achieved a and subsequently an M.A in Social Studies.^{[citation needed&#}