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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
| Barry Clarke | Regional Employment Judge for Wales |
| Professor Linda Dickens MBE | Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Warwick, Arbitrator and Mediator |
| Professor Lynette Harris | Emeritus Professor of Human Resources Management,Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, Arbitrator and Mediator |
| Professor Kenneth Miller | Emeritus Professor of Employment Law, University of Strathclyde |
| Professor Gillian Morris | Honorary Professor, University College London in the Faculty of Laws, Barrister, Arbitrator and Mediator |
| Rohan Pirani | Employment Judge |
| Her Honour Judge Stacey | Circuit Judge |
| James Tayler | Employment Judge |
| Charles Wynn-Evans | Partner, Dechert LLP; Fee-Paid Employment Judge assigned to the Midlands (West) Region |
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 |
| Mary Canavan | Director of Business Support, Shepherds Bush Housing Group |
| Mike Cann | Former National Negotiator, Employers Organisation for Local Government |
| Nicholas Caton | Former Vice President, Human Resources, Ford of Europe, Ford Motor Company |
| Maureen Chambers | HR Consultant |
| David Crowe | Human Resources Consultant |
| Derek Devereux | HR Coach and Mentor, Former HR Director of Constellation Europe and Matthew Clark |
| Simon Faiers | Director, Energypeople, Former Head of Human Resources, Eastern Group plc |
| Rod Hastie | Human Resources and Copyright Consultant |
| Robert Hill | Former Executive Director of Personnel, Ford Motor Company |
| Susan Jordan | VP Human Resources |
| Tom Keeney | Employee Relations Director, BT Group |
| 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 |
| Robert Lummis | Head of Employee Experiences, Jaguar Land Rover |
| Peter Martin | Employment Relations Consultant |
| Alistair Paton | Head of Industrial Relations, Financial Services Industry |
| 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 |
Members with experience as representatives of workers
| Virginia Branney | Employment Relations Consultant and Mediator |
| 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 |
| Paul Noon OBE | Former General Secretary, Prospect |
| Keith Sonnet | Former Deputy General Secretary, UNISON |
| Matt Smith OBE DL JP | Former Scottish 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 |
| Fiona Wilson | Head of Research and Economics, Usdaw |