The Examination Board for the Practitioner Certificate in Records Management ("PC.rm") is comprised of the following records and archives experts
John Wilson
Head of the Examination Board
John Wilson has worked as an information professional for over 35 years and since 1994 he has worked as an independent trainer and consultant specialising in information management with particular emphasis on knowledge sharing, document and records management, indexing and taxonomy.
John has developed and delivered many training courses on information and records management in Europe and the Middle East. He has undertaken consultancy projects for clients in a wide range of sectors including central and local government, banking, energy, biotechnology and utilities in the UK, Europe and the Caribbean. John has worked in both the public and private sectors and was Head of Information Services with BP Exploration before re-training as an in-house information management consultant with BP.
He is a founder member and past Director of the IRMS. In 2011 he was appointed IRMS International Officer and in May 2013 he was awarded Fellowship of the Society.
Elizabeth Barber
Records Manager
Kent County Council
Elizabeth Barber is Records Manager for Kent County Council where her principal responsibilities are to ensure that KCC’s record keeping systems are compliant with the current legislative framework. Elizabeth has also been a Chair of IRMS Public Sector since April 2003. Elizabeth is an accredited member and Fellow of the IRMS and was the recipient of the IRMS Lifetime Achievement Award for records management in 2009.
Elizabeth qualified as an archivist in 1987 and after spending time dealing with records created by the GLC and a short spell in the record office in Hertford, Elizabeth became Kent County Council’s records manager in 1993. Elizabeth is responsible for coordinating records management provision which involves all aspects of records management. Elizabeth is the general editor of the IRMS Toolkit for Schools and is also responsible for the creation and maintenance of the LG Inform Plus retention tool.
Colin Crooks
Fellow
IRMS
Collin Crooks is a Fellow of the Information and Records Management Society which gave him a Lifetime Achievement award. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Information Management.
Since 1990 Collin has acted as an adviser on projects to restructure government records and information services in the judicial, hospital, education and central government sectors in many African and Caribbean countries. He is currently working with the Nigerian Court of Appeal to explore computerisation of case records and is advising on improving Nigerian prisoner records.
In 2009 he was honoured by the Queen and awarded an MBE for his work in helping developing countries with their information management improvement projects.
Claire Johnson
Fellow
IRMS
Claire Johnson has worked as an information professional for over 30 years and since 2008 she has been an independent trainer and consultant specialising in information management with particular emphasis on data protection compliance, document and records management, digital preservation, and information governance.
Claire has developed and delivered many training courses on information and records management in the UK and Europe. She has undertaken consultancy projects for clients in many sectors including central government, banking, energy, social care, and biotechnology. Claire has worked in both the public and private sectors and was an Information Compliance Special with the University of Glasgow before specialising in data protection and gaining an LL.M. in internet and telecommunications law.
She is a past Regional Chair of IRMS Scotland. In 2013 she was appointed IRMS Records Manager of the Year and was awarded Fellowship of the Society.
Fiona Kearney
Archivist & Records Manager
Fiona Kearney has worked in the information profession for the last 10 years. She is a qualified Archivist & Records Manager from UCD. She became a Fellow of the Information and Records Management Society in 2019 and received Accreditation in 2015. She has worked in Information Governance in Australia, the UK and North America. She was Secretary of the Information and Records Management Society UK & Ireland between 2015-2019 and is actively involved in the Irish group. She is currently Information Officer in Galway City Council working in Records Management, FOI and Data Protection.