Chief Executive Chris Humphries opened the organisation saying;
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills is a new organisation that launched on 1 April 2008. We were created following Lord Leitch's 2006 review 'prosperity for all in the global economy world class skills' which set out why and how the UK needs to increase the skills of its workforce.
Chaired by Sir Michael Rake, Chair of BT, and led by a board of twenty highly influential commissioners , we are tasked with advising government on skills strategies and policies. In addition to our advisory capacity it is vital that we challenge the complex and, at times unclear, skills system within the UK.
Ultimately, our goal is not just to raise the skills of the UK workforce but, through this, raise the prosperity of the UK through increased productivity, international competitiveness, increased employment and a more inclusive society. | 
