The board is chaired by newly appointed children's minister Brendan Clarke-Smith.
Members include children’s commissioner for England Rachel de Souza, chief social worker Isabelle Trowler and president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) Steve Crocker.
Also on the board are:
Jill Colbert OBE, chief executive of Sunderland Children’s Services Company
Sir Anthony Finkelstein CBE FREng, president of City, University of London.
Tom Riordan, chief executive of Leeds City Council
Amanda Spielman, Ofsted's chief inspector
The full board will also include three additional members with direct experience of the care system, to be appointed ahead of the first full meeting in the autumn, DfE said.
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