The Commissioners 

 

The Commission brings together leading figures from business and the trade unions as well as national and international experts and key stakeholders from across the four nations of the UK. Together, they will shape and inform our thinking and the wider public policy debate. 

 

Sir Ian Diamond

(chair)

UK’s National Statistician

 

Matthew Fell

Chief UK Policy Director, CBI

Peter Cheese

Chief Executive, CIPD

 

Professor Ellen Hazelkorn

Joint Managing Partner, BH Associates Education Consultants, Ireland

Audrey Cumberford MBE

Principal and Chief Executive, Edinburgh College

 

Dr Stephen farry MP

Member of Parliament for North Down and Former Minister for Employment & Learning, Northern Ireland

Lesley Giles

Director, Work Advance

Professor Ewart Keep

Director, SKOPE (University of Oxford)

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Steph McGovern

Award Winning Broadcaster

YVONNE KELLY

Principal and CEO, Barking & Dagenham College

Shakira Martin

Former President, National Union of Students (NUS)

Amanda Melton CBE

Former Chief Executive, Nelson and Colne College Group

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Nora Senior CBE

Executive Chair (UK Regions/ Ireland), Weber Shandwick

Marie-Thérèse McGivern

Former Principal and Chief Executive, Belfast Met College

Paul Nowak

Deputy General Secretary, Trades Union Congress (TUC)

SIMON PIROTTE OBE

Principal and Chief Executive, Bridgend College

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Chief Executive of the Southern Regional College