Professor Sir George Bain chaired the Resolution Foundation’s review in the future of the National Minimum Wage and the Low Pay Commission. George was the founding chair of the Low Pay Commission and is the former President and Vice Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast. He has been engaged extensively in public service, chairing the Northern Ireland Memorial Fund, a charity offering support to victims of the “Troubles”; the Work and Parents Taskforce, which underpinned legislation on work-life balance; and the Independent Review of the Fire Service, which provided the basis for fundamental reform in this sector. Primarily an academic, George was previously Principal of London Business School and Chairman of Warwick Business School. His academic work focused on industrial relations where he has an international reputation in the field. He has received a number of prizes and honours, including eleven honorary doctorates and was knighted by the Queen in 2001.