The appointment of Alan Wood, who was ADCS president in 2014/15, comes two months after the publication of a government-commissioned report into the future of the youth justice system, which led Justice Secretary Liz Truss to announce that the YJB's remit would be scaled back.
The recommendations of the Youth Custody Improvement Board, of which Wood was chair, led Truss to shift responsibility for commissioning and overseeing the youth secure estate from the YJB to a new body - the Youth Custody Service - which launched earlier this month.
The MOJ's announcement of Wood's appointment stated that his work done identifying the most serious issues in the youth justice system made him "key" in efforts to address reforms.
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