§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the full membership of office holders on the board of the South Glamorgan training and enterprise council; if he will show in which way they met his criteria for TEC board membership; and on what date he approved their(a) membership and (b) any offices held.
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§ Mr. RedwoodThe following are members of the board of directors of South Glamorgan training and enterprise council;
- P Rich (Chair): Managing Director, Allied Steel and Wire Holdings, plc.
- J P Sainsbury (V Chair): Partner, Pannell Kerr Forster
- R Helliwell: Group Director, William Cowlin and Son
- R W Peterson: Chairman, Peterson Partnership
- M Davies: Managing Director, VIP Advertising Photography
- J Mclean: General Manager, Marks and Spencer
- R Forster: Managing Director, Biomet Ltd
- P Sheldon: Chief Executive, South Glamorgan TEC
- M Goodyear: General Manager, Marriott hotel
- Councillor R B Goodway: Leader, South Glamorgan county council
- I Spence: Wales General Secretary, GMB Union
- T Wilmore: Chief Executive, Barry College
Eligibility requirements for TEC board membership are that at least two thirds of the directors—exclusive of the chief executive of the TEC who is the sole executive director—must hold the office of chairman or chief executive of a company or top-level operational manager at local level of a company or senior partner of a professional partnership within, in each case, the private sector. The remaining directors are required to be chief executives or equivalent from education, economic development, trade unions, voluntary organisations or the public sector.
The directors of South Glamorgan TEC meet the above requirements and the chairman, Mr. Paul Rich, meets the additional requirement for chairing a TEC in that he is managing director of a large company of more than three years' standing.
As private companies, limited by guarantee, I do not approve appointments to the boards of TECs.