NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE CENTRAL ARBITRATION COMMITTEE

22 Aug 2002 09:16 AM

DTI Minister Stephen Timms today announced the appointment of two new deputy chairs and 16 new members to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC).

The CAC is a permanent independent body whose main function is to determine applications made by trade unions for recognition by employers where these cannot be agreed voluntarily.
The new appointments are:

Deputy Chairmen
Christopher Chapman, Chairman, Employment Tribunals
Lynette Harris, Associate Head of Human Resource Management, Nottingham Business School

Members
George Getlevog, formerly Head of Employment Relations, Severn Trent Water
Roderick Hastie, formerly CEO of Producers Industrial Relations Services
Robert Hill, formerly Executive Director, Personnel, Ford Michael Leahy, General Secretary, ISTC
William Lockie, formerly Head of UK Employment Relations, Heinz Arthur Lodge, formerly Human Resources Director, Allied Bakeries Roger Lyons, Joint General Secretary, Amicus
Bronwyn McKenna, Director of Services to Members, Unison Judith McKnight, General Secretary , NAPO
Lesley Mercer, Assistant Director of Industrial Relations, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Joseph O'Hara, National Legal Officer, GMB
Bob Purkiss, formerly National Officer, TGWU
Michael Regan, formerly Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources, Electrolux
Dennis Scard, formerly General Secretary, Musicians Union Bryan Taker, Head of Human Resources Worldwide, Hilton Group Patricia Woods, formerly Director of Personnel, Metropolitan Police

Welcoming the appointments, Mr Timms said:

"The record of achievement in employment relations of the new deputy chairs and members will be immensely valuable to the CAC."

NOTES TO EDITORS

1. The new appointments were made by the Secretary of State, following an open selection process conducted in accordance with the guidance issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

2. The new members and deputies have been appointed from 1 August 2002 until 31 July 2005. They will receive payment for each day they work on CAC business, currently £376 for deputies and £212 for members.

3. Political Activities:.7 of the new appointees have undertaken various activities on behalf of the Labour Party: Ms McKenna, McKnight and Mercer, and Messrs Leahy, Lyons, Purkiss and Scard.

4. Ministerial Appointments: 5 of the new appointees hold other Ministerial appointments, most of which are paid. These are Messrs Chapman, Scard and Taker, and Ms Mercer and Woods.

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