Opening keynote
The Commission for Employment and Skills was a chief recommendation of the Leitch Review and starts work in April. Humphries is tasked with securing a highly skilled workforce for the UK, increasing employment levels, and encouraging more people from disadvantaged backgrounds into the workforce. In the opening keynote of the day he will outline the plans ahead and their impact on L&D professionals.
Chris Humphries is the newly appointed chief executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Over the last 20 years, Chris has worked actively with Government as an adviser on a wide variety of training projects; he is a continuing member of the national Adult Learning Committee and is currently chairman of UK Skills, and in 2006, led the successful UK bid to host the WorldSkills Competitions in London in 2011.