Dave Prentis

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Dave Prentis
UNISON General Secretary
Born	Leeds
Occupation	Trade union leader

Dave Prentis is the current General Secretary of UNISON, the United Kingdom's second largest trade union. He was originally elected on 1 January 2001 and was re-elected in March 2005, with 77% of the vote.^[1] He had previously been the union's deputy general secretary (DGS) since its formation in 1993.

In his role as the deputy general secretary, Prentis directed UNISON's national negotiating team and oversaw the union's policy making functions. He also drove through a strategic review of the union, aimed at delivering key reforms, to bring union services closer to the members.

Prentis was born and brought up in Leeds and went to the University of London where he took a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. This was followed by a masters degree in industrial relations at the University of Warwick.

He is a member of the TUC general council, TUC executive committee and the Trade Union Labour Party Liaison Committee. Since 2007, he has been President of the TUC^[2]. He is a member of the Labour Party's economy commission and the Labour Party joint policy committee. He is a trustee of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and also Catalyst, two centre-left research bodies.

Prentis is also an adviser to the Warwick Institute of Governance and Public Management and a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He is a member of various joint working parties with the government and the CBI. He is president of Unity Trust Bank.

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Political offices
Preceded by Rodney Bickerstaffe	General Secretary of UNISON 2001-present	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Alison Shepherd	President of the Trades Union Congress 2008	Succeeded by Incumbent