Business secretary Vince Cable and work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith have appointed nine new commissioners to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

The commission works with government to raise skill levels and aims to help drive enterprise, create more and better jobs and promote economic growth.

The new Commissioners are:

Lucy Adams, director of business operations, BBC

Professor John Coyne, vice-chancellor, University of Derby

John Cridland, director-general of the CBI

David Fairhurst, chief people officer, McDonald’s Europe

Dr Deirdre Hughes, lead consultant, European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network

Tony Lau-Walker, chief executive, Eastleigh College

Trevor Matthews, CEO, Aviva UK

Seyi Obakin, CEO, Centrepoint

Sean Taggart, owner and CEO, The Albatross Group

They join an existing team of 16 commissioners, led by Charlie Mayfield, chairman of the John Lewis Partnership.