Members
Chairman and Members of the Appointments Commission
The non–party political members of the Appointments Commission were appointed through open competition following guidelines set down by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
The Chairman is Lord (Dennis) Stevenson of Coddenham CBE, a crossbench peer. He is Chairman of HBOS plc and Aldeburgh Music Ltd.
The two other non–party–political members:
Mrs Angela Sarkis CBE has been the National Secretary of the YMCA England since August 2006. Prior to this she was an independent management consultant. She was Chief Executive of The Church Urban Fund between 1996 and 2001, having previously worked in the Probation Service and Family Service Units. She was also a Governor of the BBC until October 2006 and a Non-Executive Director of the National Offender Management Board until September 2005.
Mrs Felicity Huston, a tax consultant, is the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Northern Ireland Energy Holdings and its group companies. She is a Trustee of Assisi Animal Sanctuary and a General Commissioner of Income tax.
The other members were nominated by the main political parties:
Lord (Douglas) Hurd of Westwell (Conservative) is Deputy Chairman of Coutts & Co and Honorary President of the Prison Reform Trust. He was Foreign Secretary between 1989 and 1995 and also served as Home Secretary and Northern Ireland Secretary.
Baroness (Brenda) Dean of Thornton–le–Fylde (Labour) is Chairman of Covent Garden Market Authority, Trustee of the Industry and Parliament Trust and of the East Foundation. She is also a Non-Executive Director of George Wimpey plc and Dawson Holdings plc. She was appointed a Partnership, Non-Executive Director of National Air Traffic Control Services (NATS) in July 2006.
Lord (Navnit) Dholakia (Liberal Democrat) is Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords, President of the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders, Vice-Chairman of the Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity and Vice-President of the Mental Health Foundation. Previously he has held appointments with the Commission for Racial Equality and the Police Complaints Authority.
