Adrienne Ryan

Who is Adrienne Ryan?

Adrienne Margaret Ryan is a former Councillor and Mayor of Ku-ring-gai Council in Sydney, New South Wales. She was married to former Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Peter Ryan. They divorced in 2011 after an extended separation. Ryan was born Adrienne Butterworth in Yorkshire, England. She and her two daughters moved to Sydney in 1997 when her husband became the NSW Police Commissioner.

Prior to coming to Australia, Ryan was also a police officer for a period of time, being involved in the Brixton Riots and Notting Hill race riots in the 1980s. She has an honours degree in politics and international relations from Reading University in the United Kingdom.

Ryan has two daughters but had multiple miscarriages. She has published a book called A Silent Love about stillborn children.

In May 2005, Ryan moved to the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga after separating from her husband. She studied Law at the College of Law, Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom. As of 2014 she was undertaking the Bar Professional Training Course.