HC Deb 01 November 1995 vol 265 c260W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the names, declared interests, date of appointment and reason for selection of the members of the Private Finance Panel [39381]

Mr. Jack

[holding answer 26 October 1995]: The current members and main interests of the Private Finance Panel are:

  • Sir Christopher Bland
  • Chairman, NFC Plc, Life Sciences International plc and Hammersmith Hospitals Trust.
  • Mr. Malcolm R.Bates
  • Deputy Managing Director, GEC; Non-executive Director, Enterprise Oil.
  • Mr. Allan Gormly CBE
  • Chairman, Royal Insurance Holdings plc; Joint Deputy Chairman, Trafalgar House plc; Director, National Grid Co. plc, BPB Industries plc, Brixton Estate plc, Eurorail Ltd.
  • Mr. Hugh R. Jenkins
  • Chief Executive, Prudential Portfolio Managers; Director, Prudential Corporation; Member, DoE Property Advisory Group.
  • Mr. Pen Kent
  • Director, Bank of England.
  • Ms Sheila V. Masters
  • Partner, KPMG Peat Marwick; Non-executive Director, Bank of England; Non-executive Member, Inland Revenue Management Board and NHS Policy Board.
  • Sir Brian Pearse
  • Chairman, The Housing Corporation, Lucas Industries, British Invisibles and Young Enterprise. Director, Smith and Nephew plc, Financial Reporting Council, BOTB, London First Centre.
  • Mr. Neville Simms
  • Group Chief Executive, Tarmac plc; Non-executive Director, Courtaulds plc.
  • Mr. Alastair Ross Goobey
  • Chief Executive, PosTel Investment Management; Non-executive Director Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society; Non-executive Director, TR Property Investment Trust.
  • Mr. Murray Stuart
  • Chairman, Scottish Power; Deputy Chairman, Audit Commission; Director, Hill Samuel.
  • Mr. Steve Robson
  • Director (Finance, Regulation and Industry), HM Treasury.

All the members were appointed in November 1993, with the exceptions of Sir Christopher Bland (November 1994), Mr. Ross Goobey (September 1995) and Mr. Stuart (October 1995).

The panel was selected, in discussions between both the previous and present chairmen and myself, in order to bring a mixture of experience and expertise to the task of promoting the progress of the private finance initiative.