The Very Revd Dr Graham Forbes CBE is a retired Anglican clergyman and former Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh. His wide variety of public appointments include Chair of Court, Edinburgh Napier University, and Chair of the Scottish Committee of University Chairs. A former member of the Parole Board, he served as HM (Lay) Inspector of Constabulary and then as Chair of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission which investigates alleged miscarriages of justice.  Within health he served on the General Medical Council, chaired the Scottish Parliament’s Expert Group on the safety of the MMR vaccine and chaired the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. He is the Portuguese Hon Consul in Scotland.
 

Anne was appointed to the Commission in April 2015.  Anne is a qualified solicitor with over 17 years’ experience and a Deputy District Judge (Criminal, Youth and Family Courts). She was a prosecutor with the Public Prosecution Service from 2012 – 2013 and senior Solicitor at the Children’s Law Centre during 2010.
Anne currently sits as a legally qualified Chair on the Exceptional Circumstances Body, a presiding member of the Civil Legal Services Appeals Panel and a Chair of the Police Appeals Tribunal.  She is also on the Board of Governors of a local primary school.

Joelle Black  was appointed to the Commission in May 2018 and was due to stand down on 31 March 2021, but will now assume a further three year period of appointment.  Joelle is a Barrister-at-law and has been a Principal Public Prosecutor with the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland since 2008.  During this period, Joelle was seconded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to EULEX Kosovo as a Special Prosecutor.

Derek Wilson is a former banker who chaired the Northern Ireland mortgage committee of UK Finance.  He currently serves on a number of boards, committees and governing bodies, including the Northern Ireland Housing Executive Board where he chairs the Finance and Operational Performance Committee, having previously served on the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee for over five years.   He sits on the Co-ownership Board, is a member of the governing body of the South Eastern Regional College and serves as a lay member on the Statutory Committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of NI.

 

Marian Cree is Legal Service Oversight Commissioner for Northern Ireland and formerly the Northern Ireland representative at the Competition and Markets Authority. 

Eimear McAllister practised at the Leeds Bar before leaving to focus on legal services regulation. She is currently Chair of fitness to practise panels for the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), member of a High-Speed Two property acquisition panel and a member of the Parole Board