Leadership Team
The JAC is committed to a high level of corporate governance. We believe that effective governance is key to effective performance to make the most of the opportunities in the changing world in which we operate.
The JAC Leadership Team is led by Chief Executive Clare Pelham.
Clare was appointed in February 2006. She previously worked in the public sector at the Home Office, Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and was on the board of HM Prison Service. She has also worked in the private sector at IBM and on the board of Coca-Cola GB & Ireland.
Clare can be contacted by email on clare.pelham@jac.gsi.gov.uk or via her Office Manager: lorraine.johnson@jac.gsi.gov.uk on 020 334 0571
The Chief Executive is supported by four Directors:
Director of Courts Appointments - Jane Andrews
Jane joined the JAC from HM Revenue and Customs in September 2007. She has a background as a tax specialist, and more recently in organisational change management. She has also worked for the NHS Ombudsman.
Courts Appointments Directorate is primarily responsible for the management of the selection exercises relating to appointments to courts. It also undertakes some tribunal selection exercises depending on the selection exercise programme for the year ahead.
Contact Jane by email: jane.andrews@jac.gsi.gov.uk or via her assistant dianne.parchment@jac.gsi.gov.uk on 020 3334 0508
Director of Tribunal Appointments - Sarah Gane
Sarah joined the JAC in March 2009. She was previously head of the Tribunals Services Administrative Support Centres in Leicestershire. Alongside managing the day to day running of the centres she also provided the jurisdictional lead on Asylum and Immigration and Mental Health for the Tribunals Service. This included experience in forecasting judicial requirements and assigning new judges into the Tribunals business.
Contact Sarah by email: sarah.gane@jac.gsi.gov.uk or via her assistant emily.alexander@jac.gsi.gov.uk on 020 3334 0567
Director of Strategy and Outreach - Nigel Reeder
Nigel joined the JAC in March 2008 from the MoJ, where he developed the Government's policy on legal services reform and led the subsequent Bill team. Previously he worked for the Ministry of Defence.
Strategy and Outreach Directorate has responsibilities for outreach to candidates for judicial appointments, research and putting equality and fair treatment at the heart of the JAC selection policies.
Contact Nigel by email: nigel.reeder@jac.gsi.gov.uk or via his assistant katharine.vonbertele@jac.gsi.gov.uk on 020 3334 0153.
Director of Operational Services - John Rodley
John joined the JAC in February 2009. His first career was in the Royal Navy, where he undertook a wide variety of appointments at sea, in the UK and overseas, before leaving to become the Justices' Chief Executive in Suffolk in 2001. When Her Majesty's Court Service was created, he became the new Area Director of Suffolk. More recently, he has become involved with a number of charities and is a trustee of Concordia, a charity placing young people with volunteer projects.
Operational Services Directorate provides support to the Selection Exercise Programme through operational services, such as making interview arrangements, and functions such as overall selection exercise programme management and developing selection processes.
Contact John by email: john.rodley@jac.gsi.gov.uk or via his assistant ian.robertson@jac.gsi.gov.uk on 020 3334 0186