Competitiveness (Hansard, 30 March 1999)

§ Mr. Byers

[holding answer 25 March 1999]: The following people were members of the six competitiveness Working Parties:

Encouraging Innovation Competitiveness Working Party

Bevan Braithwaite, Chairman, TWI
Dr. Peter Doyle, Director, Zeneca Group plc
John Golding, Chairman, Hewlett-Packard Ltd.
Anthony Greener, Joint Chairman, Diageo plc
Jan Hall, Partner, Spencer Stuart and Associates Ltd.
Dr. Sue Ion, Director, Technology and Operations, BNFL
Stephen Lusty, Managing Director, Airmaster Engineering Ltd.
Roy McNulty, Chairman, Short Brothers plc
Dr. George Poste, Chief Scientific and Technology Officer, SmithKline Beecham plc
Professor Sir Gareth Roberts, Vice Chancellor, Sheffield University
Jonathan Sands, Managing Director, Elmwood Design Ltd.
Dan Sequerra, Chief Executive, Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
John Sorrell, Chairman, Interbrand Newell and Sorrell, and Chairman, Design Council

Promoting Best Practice Competitiveness Working Party

Alec Daley, Chairman, Anite Group plc and Chairman, CBI National Manufacturing Council
James Dyson, Managing Director, Dyson Appliances Ltd.
Sir Tom Farmer, Chairman and Chief Executive, Kwik-Fit Holdings plc
Jackie Kernaghan, World-Wide Sales Director, Forte UK Ltd.
Tina Mason, Business Manager, Dutton Engineering (Woodside) Ltd.
Professor Colin New, Deputy Director, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University
Mrs. Amber Paul, Director, Caparo Industries
Rosemary Radcliffe, Head of Economics, Coopers & Lybrand
John Saunders, Chief Executive, Hereford and Worcester, Business Link
Fiona Skinner, Business Development Manager, R. F. Brookes Ltd.
Cob Stenham, former Chairman, Arjo Wiggins Appleton plc
Lynn Williams, National Officer, Amalgamated Engineering & Electrical Union

Information Age Competitiveness Working Party

Sir Jeremy Beecham, Chairman, Local Government Association
Alan Calder, Chief Executive, Business Link London City Partners
Julia Collins, Partner, Coopers & Lybrand
Sue Davidson, Director BT Business Connections, BT plc
Brian Davis, Chief Executive, Nationwide Building Society
Ron Dunn, Chairman and Chief Executive, Ascada Ltd.
Mike Fischer, President, Research Machines plc
Balram Gidoomal, Chairman, Winning Communications Ltd.
Nigel Hartnell, Managing Director, ICL Services
James Hehir, Chief Executive, Ipswich Borough Council
Terry Leahy, Chief Executive, Tesco plc
William Sargent, Joint Managing Director, FrameStore
Peter Swann, Professor of Economics and Management of Innovation, Manchester Business School
Suzanna Taverne, Group Strategy Director, Pearson plc
Tony Young, Secretary General, Communication Workers Union

Workforce Development Competitiveness Working Party

Brendan Barber, Deputy General Secretary, Trades Union Congress
Bruce Collings, General Manager, Ethicon Endo-Surgery Ltd.
David Compston, Managing Director, Allott & Lomax
Jeremy Crook, Chief Executive, Black Training and Enterprise Group
Jeannie Drake, Deputy General Secretary, Communication Workers Union
Anthony Dubbins, General Secretary, GMPU
John Edmonds, General Secretary, GMB
Professor Alan Gibb, Chairman, Small Business Centre, Durham University Business School
Allan Johnston, Personnel Director, British Steel plc
Mike Kinski, Director, Scottish Power plc
Anne Minto, Deputy Director General, Engineering Employers Federation
Tony Morgan, Managing Director, Industrial Society
Stephen Moss, Chairman, Springboard
John Oliver, Chief Executive, Leyland Trucks Ltd.
Bryan Sanderson, Managing Director, The British Petroleum Company plc
Peter Smith, Chief Executive, Wigan Borough Council
Ann Toler, Head of Personnel, Boots The Chemists Ltd.
Perween Warsi, Managing Director, S&A Foods Ltd.
Cecilia Wells, HR Consultant
Gwenda Williams, Human Resource Manager, Hyder plc

Business Investment Competitiveness Working Party

Sir David Barnes, Chief Executive, Zeneca Group plc
Professor S. K. Battacharya, Director, Warwick Business School
Ronald Cohen, Chairman, APAX Partners & Co. Ventures Ltd.
Dr. Chris Evans, Director, Merlin Scientific Services Ltd.
Amelia Fawcett, Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Morgan Stanley Group (Europe)
Robert Fleming, Operations Director, Pace Micro Technology plc
Alan Hughes, Director, ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge
Judy Lever, Director, Blooming Marvellous Ltd.
Roger Lyons, General Secretary, MSF
John Melbourn, Deputy Chairman, 3i Group plc
Magnus Mowat, Non Executive Director, Allen Plc
Helen Murlis, Director, Hay Management Consultants Ltd.
Tom O'Neill, Managing Director, Pilkington Optronics
John Rose, Chief Executive, Rolls Royce plc
Dominic Shorthouse, Managing Director, E. M. Warburg, Pincus & Co. International Ltd.
Malcolm Taylor, Managing Director European Operations and Senior Vice President, Bridgeport Machines Ltd.
David Watson, Group Treasurer, The British Petroleum Company plc

Competitiveness in Europe Working Party