Sir Alistair Graham was, until April 2007, Chairman of the Committee of Standards in Public Life. He is currently Chair of the Independent Mobile Classification Body and Chairman of the British Transport Police Authority. Previous to this he was Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority.
After twenty years as a Civil Service trade union leader, Sir Alistair was Chief Executive of the Industrial Society (now the work foundation) from 1986 to 1991. He went on to become Chief Executive of Calderdale and Kirklees Training and Enterprise Council, before transferring to Leeds where he pursued the equivalent role in the Leeds Training and Enterprise Council until 2000. Between 1997 and 2000, Sir Alistair also served as Chairman of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.