The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has announced the members of the eight Establishment Advisory Groups (EAGs) for the Industry Skills Boards (ISBs) that will be established in January 2026.  

Their role will include finalising the details of industry coverage for the relevant ISBs and recruiting a Chief Executive-designate. 

All appointments were taken from the nominations TEC received from industry.  

TEC says appointing members to these groups is a key milestone in achieving the redesign of the vocational education and training system and ensuring that training aligns with industry needs and priorities. The members of the EAGs are expected to also transition across to form part of the membership of the new ISB Boards. 

 

Establishment Advisory Group	Members
Automotive, Transport & Logistics	Mark Darrow (Chair)  Jennifer Moxon  Sherelle Kennelly
Electrotechnology & Information Technology	Michael Barr (Chair) Thomas Wiseman  Elle Archer
Health & Community	Jen Pelvin (Chair)  Tamati Shepherd-Wipiiti  Orquidea Tamayo Mortera
Infrastructure	John Carnegie (Chair)  James Neale   Mark Pizey
Manufacturing & Engineering	Trent Fearnley (Chair) Jamie Lorton  Ruth Cobb
Services	Bruce Robertson (Chair)  Tommy Honey  Jeremy Scarle
Food & Fibre	Tracy Johnston (Chair)  Antony Heywood  Toby Williams
Construction & Specialist Trades	David Kelly (Chair)  David Fabish  Paul Hallahan

 

The role of the EAGs 

TEC says EAGs will make ‘in principle’ decisions about the design of the new ISB. These decisions are intended to be confirmed by the Boards when they are established. 

The EAGs key tasks are: 

• finalise the details of industry coverage for the relevant ISB 

• select (via a recruitment process) a Chief Executive-designate who can be appointed by the Board of the ISB once established 

• endorse key policies that the governing body may need to adopt from 1 January 2026 

• oversee the preparation of documentation that the governing body and the Chief Executive of the organisation will require on 1 January 2026  

• endorse a “starting” organisational structure for ISB delivery of functions and responsibilities from 1 January 2026 and determine which roles from the WDCs will transition into which ISB. 

TEC will provide information and administrative support to the EAGs. 

It advises that during 2025, the Workforce Development Councils continue to be the voice for industries in the tertiary education and training system. The EAGs role is exclusively to perform a defined set of set up functions for the new ISBs which do not start operating until 2026.  

Read more on the TEC website: Industry Skills Boards (Tertiary Education Commission) 

 

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