Tim Crookall MLC

Minister for Education and Children
Isle of Man

Tim Crookall MLC is Minister for Education and Children for the Isle of Man Government. He was elected to the House of Keys to represent the town of Peel in 2006 and re-elected for a further five-year term in 2011. In June 2015, he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council and in 2011 was appointed to the 10-member Council of Ministers as Minister for Community, Culture and Leisure. In 2012, he was appointed Minister for Education and Children and he is in charge of a Department with almost 2,200 staff and
a £95.5 million budget. Mr Crookall has served as a political member on the Departments of Home Affairs and Transport (2006 – 2009), Local Government and the Environment (2009 – 2010) and Infrastructure and Environment, Food and Agriculture (2010 – 2011).
He has chaired the Water and Sewage Authority and was vice-chairman of the Office of Fair Trading. He serves on a number of parliamentary committees and is on the Executive Committee of the Isle of Man branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and has attended several overseas conferences.

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Joining as a Trustee is Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Assistant Principal for Religion and Society at the University of Edinburgh. She is known internationally as a public intellectual and is a regular commentator in the media.

Dan Mulhall will be joining the board as a Trustee. Dan is a retired Irish diplomat, academic and published author. He is the current Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper.

Also joining as a Trustee is Professor Gayle McPherson, Professor of Events and Cultural Policy and Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.

Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

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