Mr Adrian Askew

Career: trade unionist; engrg fitter Borg Warner Ltd 1968-71, memb and shop steward AEU 1968-71, engr British Aircraft Corp 1971-74; APEX: memb Assoc of Professional, Exec Clerical and Computer Staff (jtly APEX/GMB) 1971-, sr rep and branch sec 1972-74, area organiser 1974-77; EMA: negotiating offr Engrs and Mangrs Assoc 1977-80, gen sec Shipbuilding and Engrg Gp 1980-87; Soc of Telecom Execs (now Connect): asst sec 1987-96, dep gen sec 1996-2002, gen sec 2003- (gen sec designate 2002-03); pres Uni Europa Telecom 2007-; memb: Bd Shipbuilding Industry Trg Assoc 1982-87, Shipbuilding Negotiating Ctee Confedn of Shipbuilding and Engrg Unions 1984-87, EU Telecoms Social Dialogue Ctee 2002-, Bd e-Skills Sector Skills Cncl 2005-, Bd Union Modernisation Fund 2005-; memb Lab Pty 1972-