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Colin Childs

Colin is a lay member of the Tribunal.  He was appointed in June 2022. Colin retired from the Royal Air Force in 2004 as a senior officer in the Engineer Branch. He has been awarded both the NATO Medal and the Iraq Medal for his leadership on operations. Colin founded and ran a business providing energy-efficiency-assessment services and was Chairman of a health and social care employee-owned social enterprise.

As well as hearing employment disputes as a non-legal member for the Employment Tribunals Service, Colin is also a regulatory panel member for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the General Osteopathic Council. He is also a member of Lincolnshire County Council’s Independent Remuneration Panel.

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