Mark Prisk
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The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Mr Mark Prisk)
I would like to announce my decision to offer continued terms to 19 board members whose first term of appointment finishes on the 13 December 2010. I have also decided, following approval from the Commissioner for Public Appointments, to offer extensions to a further 21 board members who are finishing their second or third term in office. The names of the board member are:
RDA | Board Member | Position Serving | Term Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
Advantage West Midlands | |||
Angela Maxwell OBE | Business | First term | |
Jas Bains | Voluntary/Community | First term | |
Sue Prince OBE | Business | Second term | |
Gerard Coyne | Trade Union | Second term | |
Diane Rayner | Local Authority | Second term | |
East of England Development Agency | |||
Stuart Evans | Business | First term | |
Paul Burall | Local Authority | Second term | |
Sheila Childerhouse | Voluntary/Community | Second term | |
Karen Livingstone | Trade Union | Second term* | |
Marco Cereste | Local Authority | Third term1 | |
East Midlands Development Agency | |||
Michael Seals MBE | Business | First term | |
Ann Cartwright | Voluntary/Community | First term | |
Steve Brown | Business | Second term | |
Gary Hunt | Local Authority | Second term | |
Jonathan Collins | Local Authority | Second term* | |
Geoffrey Stevens | Local Authority/rural | Second term | |
Prof Philip Tasker | Education further/higher | Second term | |
Northwest Regional Development Agency | |||
Anthony McDermott MBE | Local Authority | First term | |
Susan Williams | Local Authority | First term | |
Prof John Brooks | Education further/higher | First term | |
Peter Allen MBE | Business/rural | First term | |
Peter Hensman | Business | Second term** | |
Joe Dwek CBE | Business | Second term*** | |
John Merry CBE | Local Authority | Second term | |
One North East | |||
Graham Thrower | Business | First term | |
Prof Christopher Higgins | Education further/higher | First term | |
Gill Hale | Trade Union | First term | |
Ian Dormer | Business | First term | |
Alison Thain OBE | Business | Second term | |
Ian Brown | Business/rural | Second term | |
Bob Symonds | Local Authority | Second term | |
South East England Development Agency | |||
Keith Riley | Business | First term | |
Dr Dolores Byrne OBE | Business | First term | |
Imtiaz Farookhi | Business | Second term | |
Southwest Regional Development Agency | |||
Brian Robinson | Local Authority | First term | |
Ellen Winser | Business | First term | |
Nick Buckland OBE | Business | Third term1 | |
Yorkshire Forward | |||
Mark Lovell | Business | First term | |
Mark Kirk | Local Authority | First term | |
Linda Pollard OBE JP DL | Business | Second term | |
*Extension granted for a year from December 2009. **Extension already granted for six months until June 2011. ***Extension granted for a year from December 2009. 1The Commissioner has granted extended terms up until December 2011 when the board member will have served the maximum 10 years in office. |
The coalition Government have made the decision to support the creation of Local Enterprise Partnerships to replace RDAs. Final closure of RDAs is likely to be completed by 31 March 2012 following legislation. On that basis the decision was made not to continue with any further board member recruitment. The continued terms for board members are necessary to ensure; i) that the RDA chairs are able effectively to manage their board membership up until closure, and; ii) that membership does not fall below the minimum requirement of eight, as stated in the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998. The board members have a valuable role to play in helping manage the abolition of the RDAs and the transition to the new arrangements, in which their skills and experience will continue to be a valuable asset.
I have placed biographies of the board members in the Libraries of both Houses. I can confirm that the continued terms have been made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments code of practice.