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Commission members

Current Migration Commission members include:

Mark Boleat

Migration Commissioner:Mark BoleatChairman of the Association of Labour Providers. He also runs Boleat Consulting which specializes in trade associations and housing finance in emerging markets; a Director of the Comino Group and St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company; Chairman of Hillingdon Community Trust; member of the Gibraltar Financial services Commission, the National Consumer Council and the Court of Common Council of the City of London.

Don Flynn

Migration Commissioner:Don FlynnPolicy & Projects Worker at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants. He has worked in the field of immigration law and policy for over 20 years and has researched and written on various aspects of immigration law. He co-authored the 2002 TUC publication, Migrant Workers - a TUC guide and runs training courses for lawyers and advisors on several aspects of immigration law.

Professor Nigel Harris

Migration Commissioner:Nigel HarrisEconomist specialising in the economic and industrial base of metropolitan areas. Former Research Fellow, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta; Professor Emeritus of the Economics of the City (University College London); former Director, Development Planning Unit (University College London). Consultant to United Nations (including UN, UNDP, UNICEF), World Bank and governments including UK (ODA, DFID), India, Mexico. Author of numerous works.

Dr.Satvinder Juss

Migration Commissioner:Dr.Satvinder Juss Member, Bar Human Rights Committee; Race Relations Committee; Fellow, International Academy of Freedom of Religion & Belief; Reader in Law at Kings College London; sometime Human Rights Fellow at Harvard University.


Dr.Martin Ruhs

Migration Commissioner:Martin RuhsSenior Labour Market Economist at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford. He has been a consultant for the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM).


Professor Shamit Saggar

Migration Commissioner:Professor Shamit SaggarProfessor of Political Science at the University of Sussex; inaugural Chairman of the Law Society Consumer Complaints Board; author of Race and Representation (2000); former Senior Policy Advisor in the Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office.He has held several academic appointments and fellowships around the world, and has also been commissioned to provide policy analysis and advice to a wide range of bodies and has had several public, charitable and NGO appointments.

Sukhvinder Stubbs

Migration Commissioner:Sukhvinder StubbsChief Executive of the Barrow Cadbury Trust, non-executive director of Severn Trent Water, a member of the government's Better Regulation Taskforce, chairwoman of Young Enterprise (WM) and trustee of Demos.



Andrew Summers CMG

Migration Commissioner:Andrew Summers CMGChairman, board member and advisor to companies and governments worldwide with a background in strategic leadership and innovation in both the private and public sectors. He is Deputy President of the RSA.

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