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Lord Kakkar was appointed JAC Chairman on 3 October 2016. He was reappointed for a further three years from 2 October 2019.
He is Professor of Surgery, University College London, Chairman of University College London Partners Academic Health Science Partnership and Director of the Thrombosis Research Institute, London.
Lord Kakkar was created a Life Peer in 2010 and sits on the cross benches of the House of Lords. He served as Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission from 2013 to 2018, and was appointed a member of the Privy Council in December 2014.
Reappointment of Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission