Low Pay Commission Website
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Low Pay Commission
6th Floor
Victoria House
Southampton Row
London
WC1B 4AD


General enquiries:
020 7271 0450
Press enquiries:
020 7271 0451
E-mail:
lpc@lowpay.gov.uk

For directions click here for a map of the area
 
 
Commissioners
There are nine members of the Commission drawn from a range of employee, employer and academic backgrounds. All the Commissioners serve in an individual capacity and not as representatives of the organisations for which they work. The Commission is chaired by David Norgrove.

The Commissioners' register of interests is available via the link below.

Commissioners' Register of Interests

Secretary to the Low Pay Commission: Robin Webb
 
David Norgrove Chairman
Picture of David Norgrove David's career began at the Treasury, where he started as an economist. His time there included two years on secondment to the First National Bank of Chicago, and he was Private Secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1985 to 1988. He joined Marks & Spencer in 1988, holding various positions before being appointed to the board in 2000. Whilst at Marks & Spencer, he was chair of the pension fund trustees from 2000 until his retirement in 2004. David is Deputy Chairman of the British Museum and is on the Finance Committee for Amnesty International UK. He chaired the Pensions Regulator from 2005 to 2010 and is currently chairing a review of the family justice system. He became chair of the Low Pay Commission on 1 May 2009.
 
Susan Anderson
Picture of Susan Anderson Director of Public Services and Skills for the Confederation of British Industry and ACAS Council member
 
Peter Donaldson
Picture of Peter Donaldson Managing Director of D5 Consultancy Ltd which he founded in 2005 having spent thirty years in the chemicals industry in the UK and Ireland. He is a Lay Magistrate, a member of the NI National Appeal Panel, and a member of the CAFRE Loughry College Academic Board. He was formerly a member of the Small Business Council, a non-executive director with the Northern Health & Social Services Board, and a member of the NI Civic Forum.
 
Professor Bob Elliott
Picture of Professor Bob Elliott Professor of Economics and Director of the Health Economics Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen. He has been a visiting Professor at Universities in the USA, Australia and Europe including Cornell, New York, Stanford and Wisconsin, in the USA and Universita Cattolica, Milan, Italy. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
 
Neil Goulden
Picture of Neil Goulden Chairman (emeritus), The Gala Coral Group. A NHS non-executive Director, Chair of the South Central Ambulance Service, Chair of Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL) and a Patron of Springboard, a charity aimed at giving young people a start in the catering and leisure industry.
 
John Hannett
Picture of John Hannett General Secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. He sits on the TUC Executive Committee and General Council.
 
Professor Stephen Machin
Picture of Professor David Metcalf Professor of Economics at University College London, Research Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Director of the Centre for the Economics of Education. He is one of the Editors of the Economic Journal. He has been a visiting Professor at Harvard University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an elected Fellow of the British Academy.
 
Frances O'Grady
Picture of Frances O'Grady TUC Deputy General Secretary. She is a Learning Skills Council National Council member and Chair of the Adult Learning Committee, a member of the National Employment Panel and a member of the Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance.
 
Heather Wakefield
Picture of Angie Risley National Secretary for UNISON's Local Government Service Group. Trade Union Side Secretary of the National Joint Council for Local Government Services. 
 
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