Low Pay Commission Website
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Low Pay Commission
6th Floor
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6SW


General enquiries:
020 7215 8459
Press enquiries:
020 7215 8199
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 Paul Myners.

Secretary to the Low Pay Commission: Chris Dee
 
Paul Myners
Picture of Adair Turner Chairman of the Guardian Media Group and Tate.
 
Susan Anderson
Picture of Susan Anderson Director of Human Resources Policy for the Confederation of British Industry.
 
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 Chief Executive of 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.
 
Ian Hay OBE
Picture of Ian Hay OBE Chairman of Food Trade Association Management, Chairman of the Sector Skills Alliance Scotland, Chairman of Xtra-Mile.com and Chairman of Charterhall Finance Ltd.  He is Vice Chairman of the Bakery Training Council, Finance Director of the Scottish Association of Master Bakers and of the Scottish Bakery Training Council.  He is a member of Employment Tribunals Scotland and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bakers in Scotland.
 
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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