Victor Adebowale started a career in housing as Estate Manager with Newham Council, moving tobecome Head of Permanent Property at Patchwork Housing Association in 1985 and then RegionalDirector of Ujima Housing Association. From 1990 to 1995 he was Director of the Alcohol RecoveryProject in London and from 1995 to 2001 was Chief Executive of Centre Point, the National YouthHomelessness Charity.Victor is a Non-Executive Director of NHS England, on the Board of English Touring Theatre, Presidentof the International Association of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Chair of Vision Development, andChancellor of Lincoln University. He is a Non Executive Director at 360 IT Collaboration Ltd andLeadership in Mind.In 2000, Victor was awarded the CBE in the New Year Honours List for services to the New Deal, theunemployed, and homeless young people. In 2001, he was appointed a crossbench member of theHouse of Lords.Professor Dame Sue BaileyFor over thirty years, based in the North West of England, Sue Bailey is a Child and AdolescentForensic Clinician and Researcher, made an OBE in 2002 for services to young offenders.She found herself working in a field where young people’s high risk to others and self behaviour hasarisen from their complex unmet bio psychosocial needs being, frequently compounded by theirAppendix 1: Commissioner Biographies