Chris Humphries
Chris Humphries was appointed founding Chief Executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills in January 2008. The Commission is charged to provide strategic advice to the United Kingdom governments on how its employment and skills system can contribute most effectively to economic growth, increased productivity and opportunity for all in a rapidly changing global economy.
Prior to this appointment, Chris served as Director General of the City and Guilds of London Institute, the UK's oldest and leading awarding body for Vocational Qualifications, from 2001 to 2007, and Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce from 1998 to 2001.
Since 1982, Chris has worked with successive Governments as an adviser in a variety of education and training areas. In recent years, Chris served as Chairman of the Government's National Skills Task Force from 1998 to 2000, before being appointed as a founder member of the national Learning and Skills Council, and served for seven years member of the national Adult Learning Committee. He has been Chairman of UK Skills since 2000, and in 2006, led the successful UK bid to host the WorldSkills Competitions in London in 2011.
Australian by birth, Chris moved to London in 1974 where he still lives with his family. He was awarded the CBE for services to training and enterprise in June 1998.
