LRA Board
Jim McCusker (Chairman)
Mr Jim McCusker was appointed Chairman of the LRA with effect from 1 March 2008. He is a Member of the Public Service Commission. He was former General Secretary of NIPSA and former member of the Northern Ireland Committee and the Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a Member of the European Economic and Social Committee and a former member of Council for Health Regulatory Excellence and Concordia.
Brenda Maitland (Vice Chairperson)
Mrs Brenda Maitland formerly worked for British Telecom Northern Ireland as Senior Human Resources Business Partner. She is a Member of War on Want Management Council, a Board Member of the Health & Safety Executive NI and a Board Member of Ulster Supported Employment.
Trevor Morrow
Dr Trevor Morrow is the Programme Director of the MSc International Business and the Human Resource Management (HRM) subject coordinator at the University of Ulster’s Department of International Business. His publications have appeared in journals such as The Irish Journal of Management, Personnel Review, Human Resource Management Journal, Long Range Planning, The Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, International Review of Entrepreneurship and The Journal of European Industrial Training. He is co-author of Strategic Human Resource Management: Contemporary Issues (Financial Times/Prentice Hall 2007 & 2011). Trevor has undertaken consultancy work/ research projects for a range of organisations in the public and private sectors: The Northern Ireland Civil Service, Derry City Council, Shorts Bombardier, Seagate Technology, Abbott Industries, Mivan, Wright Bus, Translink, and Caterpillar. He has chaired/co-chaired three major international conferences. He has been an external examiner at 10 universities in the UK and Ireland. He has also served as an employee representative with the Association of University Teachers. In 2011 Trevor took up a post as a council member/non executive director of the Ulster Cancer Foundation.
Neal Willis
Mr Willis has recently retired from the post of Director of Corporate Services at Newtownabbey Borough Council, a role which included HR Management. Prior to this he worked as a Senior Consultant, advising employers on employment law and fair recruitment practices, was Regional Manpower Services Manager with the NI Housing Executive and a Conciliation Officer with the LRA. He now works as an independent consultant in the areas of HR and strategic and business planning.
Peter Williamson
Mr Williamson is a Panel member of the Northern Ireland Industrial Court, Board member of the Engineering Training Council and Board Member of the Electrical Training Trust. Formerly, he was Irish Regional Secretary of Amicus/Unite Trade Union, Secretary to the Northern Ireland District Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU) District Committee and Executive Committee, Executive Member of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Executive Member of the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
Lyn Fawcett
Mr Fawcett is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ulster (UU) in Hotel and Tourism Management, and a Member of the Council of the UU Governing Body. Concurrently he is a member of the Board of the Health & Safety Executive. From 2003-2008 he was a board member of Northern Ireland Tourist Board and is currently active in a range of paid and voluntary positions in and around UU, as well as in the Hotel and Tourism Sector. Mr Fawcett is President of the University and Colleges Union in the University of Ulster. His teaching focuses on strategic management, which is applied in consultancy and in running a private self catering business. He has significant experience of employee relations, in advocacy and representing individuals and in negotiating policy and procedures with employers.
Sally McKee
Mrs McKee is currently Honorary Secretary of the Disability Committee of NIC-ICTU and on the Board of Governors of Lakewood Special School and Vice-Chairperson of Glenlola Collegiate School. Mrs McKee was Chairperson of the General Teaching Council NI (GTCNI) 2006-10 and is a past President of the Ulster Teachers’ Union and was a Board Member of the South Eastern Education and Library Board from 2004-06. Mrs McKee holds no other public appointments.
Gordon Parkes
Mr Parkes is HR Director of Northern Ireland Electricity Limited, the electricity networks company owned by ESB and is currently a member of the Employment Affairs Committee CBI (NI) and a member of the Careers, Education, Information, Advice and Guidance Steering group. Previously Mr. Parkes has held the position of Director or Head of Human Resources in a number of companies in the pharmaceutical, textile and engineering sectors and prior to his current role was General Manager Group Human Resources of the Viridian Group Limited. He was Chairman of the NI Textiles and Clothing Training Council from 1998-2001. Mr Parkes holds no other public appointments.
ALISON MILLAR
Ms Alison Millar is the Deputy General Secretary of the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA), the largest trade union in Northern Ireland with over 46,000 members employed across the civil and public services. Ms Millar has overall responsibility for the Public Officers’ Group and for major policy issues including the Review of Public Administration. She takes particular responsibility for major policy issues in the Health Service and Housing Executive. Ms Millar has held previous appointments as NIPSA’s Assistant Secretary with negotiating responsibility for the Education and Library Boards, Further Education Colleges and District Councils.
GARY McMICHAEL
Since 2001, Mr McMichael has been the Director and Chief Officer of the Northern Ireland charity ASCERT (Action on Substances through Community Education and Related Training). He is Co-Chair of Belfast Drug and Alcohol Co-ordination Team. Since 2010, he has been a voluntary Board Member of the Voice of Young People in Care, providing strategic direction and governance to the charity. Prior to that, he was an elected Member of Lisburn City Council from 1993 to 2005, a voluntary Board Member of SALTA Services, Chair of the Lisburn Community Network, and a Trustee of the Northern Ireland Fund for Reconciliation. From 1999 to 2002 he was an OFMdFM appointee to the NI Civic Forum.
