I am pleased to announce that I have decided to extend terms of appointment for 24 existing RDA board members listed below until RDA closure.
RDA | Board member |
|---|---|
Advantage West Midlands | John Crabtree OBE, Cllr Ken Taylor, Dr David Brown, Cllr Mike Whitby |
East of England Development Agency | Shona Johnstone, Madeleine Russell, Robert Swann |
Northwest Regional Development Agency | Vanda Murray, Dr John Stageman, Lord Smith of Leigh, Mrs Anne Selby |
One Northeast | Kate Welch, Lord Shipley, Peter Jackson |
South East England Development Agency | Pamela Charlwood, Leslie Dawson, Keith Mitchell |
South West Regional Development Agency | Kelvyn Derrick, Ian Ducat |
Yorkshire Forward | Barry Dodd OBE, Cllr Kath Pinnock, Mr Bill Adams, Mr Ajaz Ahmed, Mr John Vincent |
I have agreed to these appointment extensions, 23 starting on the 14 December 2011 and one starting on 5 March 2012 for a period of no more than one year in order that the RDA boards can remain quorate until the expected closure of RDAs in March 2012.
I have placed further details of these appointment extensions, including biographies, in the Libraries of both Houses. I can confirm that the appointments were made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments code of practice.