Commission Members

The Commission consists of six members and a Chairman appointed by the Minister responsible for local government and drawn from representatives of council elected members and chief executives, together with independent members chosen for their expertise in the organisational and human resource areas of management.

This is a photograph of Mervyn Rankin, the Chairman of the Staff Commission

MERVYN RANKIN
CHAIRMAN
Former Chief Executive of Ballymena Borough Council
e-mail: mervyn.rankin@lgsc.org.uk

The Commission is scheduled to meet regularly and meets at least six times per year and the current membership has been appointed to serve from 1st December 2010 to November 2014 and is as follows:

ASHLEY BORELAND
Chief Executive
Ards Borough Council

CARMEL CONNOLLY
Assistant Director of Corporative Services
Lisburn City Council

WILLIAM FRANCEY MBE
Former Director of Health & Environmental Services
Belfast City Council

NIGEL HAMILTON
Consultant in Business and
Community Development

ALDERMAN GERALDINE RICE MBE
Alliance Councillor
Castlereagh Borough Council

SEAMUS SHIELDS
SDLP Councillor
Omagh District Council