Neil took up his current role in April 2008. From 2005 he was CBI director of Public Services, responsible for leading the CBI's campaign on public service reform. From 2002, he was head of Skills and Employment with responsibility for areas such education, skills, diversity, trade union relations, employee involvement and working time.

Before joining the CBI in 2002 he was European employee relations consultant at EDS Ltd, a global IT services company. Prior to EDS, Neil was a researcher on European employment law and industrial relations issues at the Industrial Relations Services. Neil’s doctorate focused on trade union attitudes to racism and immigration.

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