Adrian Belton resigns as CITB Chief Executive

CITB chief executive Adrian Belton has resigned after three years in the job. He stepped down at the end of December, with chief financial officer and corporate performance director, Sarah Beale, becoming acting chief executive. When Mr Belton became chief executive of the CITB in January 2014, his brief was to, “deliver change that will equip the organisation for the next 50 years”.

Uncertain times for CITB

In July 2015, the future of the CITB became uncertain after the government announced it would be launching an apprenticeship levy that would see all firms with a payroll over £3m contribute 0.5 per cent of their payroll.

In June 2016, it was reported that the CITB and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills had reached an agreement that would see more than 900 contractors pay both the CITB levy and government apprenticeship levy from April. 

Mr Belton’s resignation comes at the start of an important 12 months for the CITB. In October 2016, the Skills Minister, Robert Halfon MP, announced that Paul Morrell OBE, the former Chief Construction Adviser, will lead a review of all the Statutory Industry Training Boards, including the CITB. The review will examine the Boards' fitness for purpose in the future, particularly in light of the implementation of the Apprenticeship Levy across all industries. Mr Morrell will report on his findings later this year.

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Facing the future

CITB chairman James Wates said: “I would like to thank Adrian for his dedicated service to CITB and to our industry. “In the past three years, Adrian has led the development of key organisational reforms that have enabled and shaped CITB’s future offer to industry. Now that a plan has been delivered to the Board, Adrian has decided the time is right to leave CITB and pass on the baton for a successor to deliver on that plan.

CITB is now moving onto the next phase of its reform, which is engaging with industry on how it will support, delivering the required change and consulting on a new Levy Order. This includes reforming the Grants Scheme to ensure that Levy funds are invested in the skills most needed by our industry”. 

An announcement was also made in December that the CITB intends to cut costs by 20% and reduce its head count by a third over the next three years.

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