HC Deb 24 May 2002 vol 386 cc636-7W
Mr. Clapham

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will announce the names of the independent members to be appointed to the Strategy, Executive and other Departmental Boards. [60381]

Ms Hewitt

Further to my announcement to Parliament on 1 February,Official Report, column 619W, on the procedure by which independent members were to be appointed to my Department's new Boards, I am pleased to announce that the following people have now been appointed to the Boards. This information is also available on the DTI website.

Current position
Strategy Board
Sir Richard Sykes Rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
Mair Barnes Non Executive Director, Scottish Power, Littlewoods plc, Patientline Ltd, Woolworths Holdings Ltd (South Africa)
Tony Cooper Joint General Secretary, Prospect, Member of the Postal Services Commission and the Forestry Commission
Executive Board
Fields Wicker-Miurin Director, Vesta Capital Advisors Ltd
Mary McAnally Former Managing Director, Meridian Broadcasting Ltd, Board Member of the South East of England Development Agency
Crawford Gillies Managing Director Europe, Bain & Company Inc
Business Group Board
Nicholas Brayshaw Group Chief Executive, Wagon
Richard Maudslay Managing Director, House of Hardy
James Strachan Chief Executive, RNID
Dianne Thompson Chief Executive, Camelot
Energy Board
Nicholas Baldwin Chief Executive, Powergen Plc
Hon. Barbara Thomas Chairman, Private Equity Investor plc & Deputy Chairman, Friends Provident
Fair Markets Board
Rodney Buse Ex-Group Personnel Director, W H Smith; currently Vice Chair NCVO, chair of the voluntary sector's Quality Standards Task Group, Non Executive Director for various charities, including ICAN.
Patricia Calway Director, Knowledgelink
Margaret Prosser OBE Deputy General Secretary, TGWU
Julia Unwin OBE Freelance consultant, Charity Commissioner and Board member, National Consumer Council
Innovation Board
Shahzad Khan MBE Director, Kensal Group
Caroline Whitfield Chief Executive, Rapid Access Technology Partners
Bill Callaghan Chair, Health and Safety Commission
Services Board
Mair Barnes Non Executive Director, Scottish Power, Littlewoods plc, Patientline Ltd, Woolworths Holdings Ltd (South Africa)
Lesley James Non Executive Director, Selfridges plc, West Bromwich Building Society plc, Care UK plc and Queens Moat Houses plc. Former HR Director, Tesco plc.
Alan Jones, OBE Managing Director, TNT Express