Keith is a labour market expert with over 20 years’ experience. He runs Reed Screening an employment vetting business he founded in 2012 for Reed, the British family-owned recruitment business where he is also CQC responsible individual.
He is a Non-Executive Board Member with both the GLAA, part of UK Home Office, and with the Scottish Government. Keith is Chair of the Better Hiring Institute, an entity set up as a partnership between UK Government and industry to help modernise hiring, and Chair of JobsAware: a social enterprise that has helped over 2m job seekers and flexible workers in need of help. Keith received a Commendation Award from the UK Home Office and was recognised as a Community Leader by HRH the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
Keith is also an Honorary Fellow of Lancaster University for his work on labour market reform. Keith is an Officer of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Modernising Employment and has won multiple industry awards for individual contribution from In-House Recruiter, Recruiter Magazine, APSCo, and others.