Terry Babbs, Brian Bannister, Jo Hill and Sir Martin
Narey have been appointed by the Secretary of State for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport as Commissioners of the Gambling
Commission for five years from 30th April 2020.
Terry Babbs
Terry Babbs’ career spans the private and public sectors. His
executive career was in regulation, international trade and
supply chain management with Tesco plc and he has served on and
chaired a number of international organisations in these fields.
His subsequent non-executive career includes two terms on the
Legal Services Board where he also chaired their Audit and Risk
Assurance Committee. He is currently vice chair of the Investment
Committee of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme and a
non-executive director of HMRC’s Valuation Office Agency. Terry
is also the Senior Independent Director at the General Dental
Council and chair of its Finance and Performance Committee.
Brian Bannister
Brian Bannister is currently the Executive Director for Strategic
Insight and Influence at The Law Society of England and Wales.
Brian joined from KPMG where he served for seven years as Global
Head of Communications, with responsibility for the network’s
global media and external profile as well as internal
communications for more than 200,000 partners and staff. Prior to
KPMG Brian was PwC’s UK Director of Communications for six years,
leading media relations, digital, internal communications and
public affairs. Previously Brian was PwC’s UK Director of Public
Affairs with responsibility for relations with Government,
regulators and other stakeholders and was a member of PwC’s
European and Global PwC Public Affairs Boards. He holds an
Honours and Masters Degree in Political Science.
Jo Hill
Jo Hill is Executive Director of Strategy and Risk at The
Pensions Regulator. She is responsible for Corporate Strategy,
the Regulatory model, Risk Management Framework and Data and
Analysis.
Jo was previously Director of Market Intelligence, Data and
Analysis at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) accountable for
the creation and delivery of the FCA’s approach to data and
analysis, Sector Views (common view of regulatory risk) and
Consumer Agenda.
Prior to her appointment as Director of Market Intelligence, Data
and Analysis, Jo held a number of roles across the FCA and
Financial Services Authority in strategy, supervision,
authorisations and enforcement, as well as roles in the banking
and insurance sectors. Jo is also a Trustee of the Money and
Mental Health Policy Institute.
Sir Martin Narey
Sir Martin Narey became Director General (Chief Executive) of the
Prison Service (England and Wales) in 1998 and led prisons for
seven years and prisons and the probation service for three. He
was the recipient of The UK Chartered Institute of Management’s
annual Gold Medal for Leadership. He was the first public sector
recipient of this single annual award for ten years. He resigned
from the Civil Service in 2005 to become Chief Executive of
Barnardo’s. He has subsequently advised the government about
children’s social care and has published a number of reports
about the care system. He is Chair of My Foster Family; Chair
Designate of The Sage (a music venue on Tyneside) and a NED on
the board of Unilink Ltd. He is a visiting Professor at a number
of Universities.
These roles are remunerated at £295 per day. These appointments
have been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s
Governance Code on Public Appointments, the process is
regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The
Government’s Governance Code requires that any significant
political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five
years is declared. This is defined as holding office, public
speaking, making a recordable donation or candidature for
election. Neither Terry Babbs, Brian Bannister, Jo Hill or Sir
Martin Narey have declared any activity.
