Commission for Employment and Skills gets 10 business leaders on 20-strong list of commissioners
The government has revealed the 20 commissioners who will be members of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills (CES).
The members include a broad range of representation from the private, public and third sectors, and from trade unions.
The CES officially begins work in April 2008 and will have a major say in advising ministers on the future of the skills system and whether workplace training becomes mandatory for employers in 2010.
The appointments were approved by prime minister Gordon Brown and other senior cabinet ministers. They are for up to three years. CES chief executive Chris Humphries had previously said the commissioners needed to be "passionate business leaders".
Work and pensions secretary Peter Hain said: "This is an impressive board bringing together a range of individuals with an outstanding track record of delivery in their fields. They will be driving change, helping to deliver economic competitiveness, social justice, and opportunity for all."
The full list of commissioners is:
- Jeremy Anderson, head of financial services, KPMG
- Sarah Anderson, owner, Mayday Group
- David Brennan, chief executive, AstraZeneca
- Stephen Carter, group chief executive, Brunswick Group
- Murray Coleman, chief executive, Bovis Lend Lease UK
- Philip Green, chief executive, United Utilities
- Larry Hirst, chief executive, IBM UK & Ireland
- Chris Hyman, chief executive, Serco
- Julie Kenny, managing director, Pyronix
- Richard Lambert, director-general, CBI
- Charles Mayfield, chairman, John Lewis Partnership
- Alan Gilbert, president and vice-chancellor, Manchester University
- Ioan Morgan, principal, Warwickshire College
- Sir Robert Kerslake, chief executive, Sheffield City Council
- Valerie Todd, managing director group services, Transport for London
- Brendan Barber, general secretary, TUC
- Dave Prentis, general secretary, Unison
- Grahame Smith, general secretary, Scottish TUC
- Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive, Turning Point
- Liz Sayce, chief executive, RADAR
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: "As a new commissioner, I look forward to contributing to this important new body and in particular to supporting the development of a system that enables all employees to achieve their full potential in the workplace."
The establishment of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills was a key recommendation of the Leitch Review in December 2006.
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I have seen and heard all this hype before so many times. Cast the mind back to the days of the "Manpower Services Commission" and the YTS and so many other initiatives. All major Financial Drains and in reality non effective as each new quango seemed to be controlled by the same people who fail time after time but each time a new quango with a new name.
Just bear in mind that as always the Bright and the Able are always able to forge ahead and pick up jobs and careers but as always tends to occur the "Less Bright and Non Academic" are rarely chosen by the various groups who hold the initial interviews as everyone wants to look good so the bright ones are chosen for Courses and the less bright are turned away to vegetate somewhere but it is the less bright who must be given the chances or it is them who will bring the country into chaos. It is the less bright who must end up looking good not the Interviewer or the Captain of Industry who wants to show how clever they are themselves.
Remember the Head of the Manpower Services Commission no names mentioned. After that debacle he moved on as Head of the Post Office. Hopefully he has retired now on his Laurels if such situations that proved wildly expensive for Government and a real time waste for so many can be termed as Laurels.
I do hope that after reading the list of Management planned for this commission that they really perform and that it is not just a prelude to receiving an Honours of some form for just being there ? I can appreciate that this initiative if really carried out properly can help many but it must be geared to the less able and not exclusively the bright ones.
I do fear however that judging by the list for this commission that they will hardly even know how to treat those less bright as these people need time and special attention and who in reality really cares in depth beyond themselves !
John Hooley
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