Commission comprises 15 commissioners. Twelve, including the Chairman, are appointed through open competition, with the other three selected by the Judges' Council (two senior members of the courts judiciary) or the Tribunal Judges' Council (one senior member of the tribunals judiciary). The Chairman of the Commission must always be a lay member. Of the 14 other Commissioners: 5 must be judicial members (of which one must be a senior tribunal judge) 2 must be professional members (each of whom must hold a qualification listed below but must not hold the same qualification as each other*) 5 must be lay members 1 must be a tribunal judge 1 must be a non-legally qualified judicial member The legal qualifications referred to are: Barrister in England and Wales; Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales; or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives The members of the Commission (as at 5 January 2020) are: Chairman: Rt Hon. Professor Lord Kakkar Vice Chairman: Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Carr (judicial) Professional members: Brie Stevens-Hoare, QC Sarah Lee Judicial members: Judge Anuja Dhir District Judge Mathu Asokan Mrs Justice Sarah Falk Tribunal members: Greg Sinfield Christ Christensen Lay justice: Emir Khan Feisal, JP Lay members: Jane Furniss CBE Sue Hoyle Andrew Kennon Professor Sir Simon Wessely (Former archbishop) Barry Morgan Staff The JAC has a staff of around 50 public servants. The Chief Executive is Dr Richard Jarvis, with Alice Ripley as Deputy Chief Executive, Sharon Foster-King as Head of Operations and Digital and Ian Thomson as Head of Corporate Services. Related bodies The Judicial Appointments Commission is separate from the Commission for Judicial Appointments (CJA). The CJA was established in March 2001 to review the procedures for the appointment of judges and QCs, and to investigate complaints into those procedures. It closed on 31 March 2006 with the establishment of the Judicial Appointments Commission and the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman (JACO). A separate Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland and Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission undertake similar functions for Scotland and Northern Ireland, respectively. See also Supreme Court of the United Kingdom#Appointment process References External links Judicial Appointments Commission The Commission for Judicial Appointments Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman Constitutional reforms come into force (DCA press release, 23 January 2006) Sumption and Nally bag Judicial Appointments roles (The Lawyer, 23 January 2006) Falconer ends 700 years of history (The Telegraph, 23 January