People and contacts

Chair

Sir Rodney Brooke CBE DL was appointed Chair of the General Social Care Council on 1 March 2002. He is due to stand down in October 2008.

A solicitor, he is a trustee of the Dolphin Square Trust and the Dolphin Square Charitable Foundation, a Member of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care, of the Board of the Internet Watch Foundation and of the Council of the Tavistock Institute. His career has been in local government, including Chief Executive jobs at West Yorkshire County Council, Westminster and the Association of Metropolitan Authorities. He was formerly Chair of the Bradford District Health Authority and the National Electricity Consumers' Council, a member of the Ethics Standards Board for Accountants and a trustee of the Community Development Foundation. He has written extensively on public sector policy, management and ethics.

Chief Executive

Mike Wardle was appointed to the post in October 2007; prior to that he served as the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy at the GSCC and was responsible for helping to set the strategic direction for the organisation through policy development, business planning and building relationships with stakeholders. Mike joined the GSCC in 2002 as Director of Standards and Regulation. Before joining the GSCC, Mike worked in the Department for Education and Skills in a variety of roles in education policy and administration. This included time spent working as part of the management team of the Further Education Funding Council and as Principal Private Secretary to Education Secretaries David Blunkett and Estelle Morris.

Public affairs enquiries:

Lisa Watch, Head of External Affairs, Lisa.Watch@gscc.org.uk, 020 7397 5831

Media enquiries:

Press office: 020 7397 5832