Following a successful recruitment process, John Lakin
and Michael Redhouse have been appointed to the School
Teachers’ Review Body from 1 September 2017. John Lakin
will be commencing his first term, while Michael, who has
already served one 3-year term, will be joining to serve
for a second 3-year term.
Dr Patricia Rice has also been reappointed as the Chair
of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) for a second
3-year term to end in September 2020.
The STRB provides
independent advice to the government on pay and
conditions for teachers and school leaders in England and
Wales.
Appointments process
The appointments process was run in accordance with the
code of practice issued by the Office of the Commissioner
for Public Appointments and was made on merit.
All 3 members confirmed that they have no political
activity to declare.
All appointments to the STRB are
prime-ministerial appointments.
Biographies
John Lakin
John is currently an independent management consultant
and a non-executive board member of CAFCASS,
where he is Chair of the Performance Committee and Vice
Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. Prior to
this John was at PwC for 23 years
where he was a partner, Head of Education Consulting and
Head of Public Sector Policy, Research and Economics.
Michael Redhouse
Mike Redhouse is currently Principal of EMES Consulting
which he founded in 2002, helping many major
organisations with their remuneration and benefits
issues. Mike graduated in mathematics from the Open
University, and his career included spells as a full
equity partner at Diageo. Mike currently serves as a
member of the Remuneration Board of the Welsh Assembly.
Dr Patricia Rice
Dr Rice has previously served on the STRB as the
economist member. Dr Rice is a senior research fellow and
the Associate Head for Research in the Department of
Economics at the University of Oxford, where she
specialises in labour economics.
