§ Mr. ClaphamTo 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 HewittFurther 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.
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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