FCO Board of Management: Appointments

HL Deb 26 June 2000 vol 614 c53WA

Baroness Gale

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether there have been any new appointments to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Management Board. [HL3002]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

The Board of Management is chaired by the Permanent Under-Secretary and oversees the administration of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and all its resources at home and overseas. It has in the past been composed of Senior FCO officials together with the Chief Executive of British Trade International. They will now be joined by two non-executive members, Mr Alan Gormly, Chairman of BPB Industries, and Ms Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Director of Corporate Affairs of Tesco plc. I am sure that the board will benefit greatly from their experience of private sector management practice.