Regional Development Agencies The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville) My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Industry and the Regions (Margaret Hodge) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I have decided to appoint the new board members listed at Annexe A and to reappoint the board members listed at Annexe B. The new appointments will all be for a period of three years; the reappointments will also be for a period of three years, with the exception of Rob Anderson of the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), who will be reappointed for a further two years. The new appointments, with the exception of Fiona Pollard (SEEDA), and the reappointments will begin on 14 December 2006 and will expire on 13 December 2009. Fiona Pollard took up appointment on 1 September 2006, in order to fill an existing board member vacancy, and her appointment will expire on 13 December 2009. I have placed further details of both the new appointments and reappointments in the Libraries of both Houses. All of them were made in accordance with the code of practice of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |RDA |Name | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Advantage West Midlands (AWM) |Brendan Connor | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England Development Agency (EEDA) |Peter McCarthy-Ward| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |William Pope | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) |Pamela Charlwood | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Robert Goldfield | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Sue John | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Fiona Pollard | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Alex Pratt | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA)|John Savage | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |All reappointments commence on 14 December 2006 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |RDA |Name | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Advantage West Midlands (AWM) |Roger Lawrence | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Michael Oakes | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |David Smith | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Michael Sterling | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |East of England Development Agency (EEDA) |Karen Livingstone | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |John Snyder | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Tim Wilson | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) |Joe Dwek | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Dave McCall | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) |Rob Anderson | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Peter Jones | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Phil Wood | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA)|Catherine Bakewell| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Duncan Hames | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Christine Reid | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------