UK | Three new faces for HSE Board

The Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed three non-executive director Board appointments to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

HSE is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The appointments were made following open competition. Claire Sullivan will take up post on 1 August, Ged Nicholls on 1 September and Jonathan McDermid on 1 October. Existing Board member, George Brechin, has also been reappointed for another two years.

Claire Sullivan has extensive board level experience and since 2014 has been Director of Employment Relations and Union Services (ERUS). She was previously a member of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) and has an extensive understanding of health and safety at board level.

Ged Nicholls is the General Secretary of trade union, Accord (Independent trade union, affiliated to the TUC and the Scottish TUC) and has holds positions on the TUC’s governing General Council, Executive Committee and Superannuation Society Ltd and is a non-executive director of the Involvement & Participation.

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