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Membership
Membership of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC).
The CAC Chairman, Sir Michael Burton, appoints a panel of 3 people to decide each application. Each panel consists of a Deputy Chair, one Employer Member and one Worker Member. Appointments to the CAC are made by the Secretary of State for Business Innovation & Skills.
Deputy chairs
| Professor Linda Dickens MBE | Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Warwick, Arbitrator and Mediator |
| Professor Lynette Harris | Professor of Human Resources Management,Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, Arbitrator and Mediator |
| Professor Kenneth Miller | Professor of Employment Law, University of Strathclyde |
| Professor Gillian Morris | Honorary Professor, University College London in the Faculty of Laws, Barrister, Arbitrator and Mediator |
| Her Honour Judge Stacey | Circuit Judge |
Members with experience as representatives of employers
| Len Aspell | Director, HSBC Bank Pension Trust (UK) Ltd, Formerly Group Head of Employee Relations, HSBC Group |
| David Bower | HR Consultant and Former Group Personnel Director, Rover Group Ltd |
| Mike Cann | Former National Negotiator, Employers Organisation for Local Government |
| Maureen Chambers | HR Consultant |
| David Crowe | Human Resources Consultant |
| Simon Faiers | Director, Energypeople, Former Head of Human Resources, Eastern Group plc |
| George Getlevog | MD, GHR, HR Consultancy Services Ltd |
| Rod Hastie | Human Resources and Copyright Consultant |
| Robert Hill | Former Executive Director of Personnel, Ford Motor Company |
| Bill Lockie | Human Resource Advisor, Former Head of Employee Relations and Compensation, HJ Heinz Co Ltd |
| Arthur Lodge | Former Human Resources Director, Allied Bakeries Ltd |
| Peter Martin | Employment Relations Consultant |
| Jackie Patel | Former Human Resources Director, Delta Crompton Cables |
| Michael Regan | Formerly Senior Vice President of Human Resources, AB Electrolux |
| Roger Roberts | Employee Relations Consultant, Former Employee Relations Director, Tesco Plc |
| Maureen Shaw | Former Director of Personnel Services, University of Aberdeen |
| Michael Shepherd | Human Resource Consultant, Former Sector HR Director, Rexam PLC, Employment Tribunal Member |
| Bryan Taker | Former Head of Law and Human Resources at Hilton International Plc |
| Paul Wyatt | Employee Relations Consultant, Former Head of Employee Relations,Reuters Ltd |
Members with experience as representatives of workers
| Sandy Boyle | Former Deputy General Secretary, UNIFI |
| Virginia Branney | Employment Relations Consultant andMediator |
| Gail Cartmail | Assistant General Secretary, Unite the Union |
| David Coats | Research Fellow, The Smith Institute |
| Paul Gates OBE | Former Deputy General Secretary, Community |
| Michael J Leahy OBE | Former General Secretary, Community |
| Bronwyn McKenna | Assistant General Secretary, UNISON |
| Judy McKnight CBE | Former General Secretary, Napo |
| Lesley Mercer | Director of Employment Relations and Union Services, CSP |
| Robert Purkiss MBE | Employment Tribunal Member, Former Chair of European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia, Former National Secretary, TGWU |
| Keith Sonnet | Former Deputy General Secretary, UNISON |
| Paul Talbot | Former Community Media and Government Affairs |
| Gerry Veart | Former National Secretary, GMB |
| Malcolm Wing | Former UNISON National Secretary, Negotiations and Services Groups |