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Lord Whitty (Chairman)

 

  • Member of the House of Lords – Attendance Allowance
  • Adviser to the EAGA (socially owned company providing services to tackle fuel poverty) Adviser to GMB (trade union)
  • Board member of the Environment Agency

Related undertakings: 

  •  none

Unremunerated positions in public bodies and other organisations:

  • President – Combined Heat and Power Association 
  • Vice President – Local Government Association 
  • Vice President – National Society for Clean Air 
  •  Vice President – Transport 2000 
  •  Member – London Climate Change Agency 
  •  Patron – Southwark Children’s Foundation 
  •  Chair of ELYO (East London CHP suppliers)

Interests in shares and securities: 

  • none

Miscellaneous interests: 

  • none

Dr Robert Chilton OBE

Remuneration:

  • Waste & Resources Action Programme: non-executive Director
  • Central Police Training & Development Authority: Board member up to 31 March 2007 
  • Office of the Information Commission: non-executive Director
  • Self-employed consultant to central government and local authorities 
  • Independent Member of the Home Office Audit Committee 
  • East Thames Housing Group: Chair 
  • Phonepay Plus – Deputy Chair
  • Chair of the Standards Board for England

Related undertakings:

  • none

Unremunerated positions in public bodies and other organisations:

  • none

Interests in shares and securities:

  • none

Miscellaneous interests:

  • Ashley Gardens (Block 2) Ltd: Director

Steve Costello MBE

Remuneration:

  • General Consumer Council Northern Ireland: Chair
  • National Consumer Agency – Republic of Ireland: Chair

Related undertakings: 

  •  none

Unremunerated Positions in Public Bodies and Other Organisations:

  • Chairman of the Board of Stranmills' University College
  • Business in the Community Ireland: Board Member

Miscellaneous interests:

  • Marks & Spencer plc pension

Andrew Dilnot CBE

Remuneration:

  • St Hugh’s College, Oxford (Main employment)
  • BBC (presenting series ‘More or Less’ for Radio 4)
  • Lion Television (presenting TV docs for Channel 4)
  • Various professional and commercial companies, speaker fees and expert advice (e.g. Ernst and Young, Deloitte and Touche, HAS McGrigors)
  • Occasional other print and broadcast journalism

Related undertakings:

  • none
    Unremunerated Positions in Public Bodies and Other Organisations:
  • Patron of Oxford Youth Works (renewed Summer 2006) 
  •  Advisory board of various university based research institutes

Interests in shares and securities:

  • none

Miscellaneous interests:

  • Rental property

Dianne Hayter

Remuneration:

  • Member, Determinations Panel, The Pensions Regulator
  • Member, Insolvency Practices Council 
  • Member, Financial Reporting Council's Board for Actuarial Standards 
  • Chair, Consumer Panel of the Bar Standards Board
  • Chair, Residential Property Joint Standards Board 

Related undertakings:

  • none

Unremunerated positions in public bodies & other organisations:

  • Chair: National Executive Committee of the Labour Party
  • Ruskin College, Governing Council: Member

Interests in shares and securities:

  • none

Miscellaneous interests:

  • Ethics Committee of Dr Fosters: Member
  • Husband has holding in 'Smith & Nephew' which, depending on the market value, is in the order of £30,000 to £35,000.

Sir Christopher Kelly

Remuneration:

  • Chair of committee on standards in public life
  • Chair of Financial Ombudsman Service
  • Member of Advisory board to Unisys

Related undertakings:

  • none

Unremunerated positions in public bodies and other organisations:

  • NSPCC: Chairman

Interests in shares and securities:

  • None

Miscellaneous interests:

  • Mother has shares in: Diageo, BP,
  • Mother-in-law has shares in: Diageo, Tesco, Glaxo SmithKline

Stephen Locke

Remuneration:

  • Member of the Board of PhonePay Plus, the premium rate communications services regulator, and a Director of the company
  • Member of Board of new National Consumer Council created under Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007
  • Independent non-Exec Member of the Board with Payments Council responsible for developing and overseeing a National Plan for the development of payments systems
  • Director of Independent Mobile Classification Body, responsible for settling framework for content classification on mobile phones
  • Member of the Advertising Advisory Committee advising the committee of Advertising Practice and ASA on broadcast advertising regulation
  • Independent Director and Trustee, Internet Watch Foundation
  • Member of the Professional Standards Board of Chartered Insurance Insitute, and also of the organisations Ethics and Impartiality Committee
  • Member of the Retail Financial Group, as a NCC Board Member
Related undertakings:
  • none

Unremunerated positions in public bodies and other organisations:

  • Member of the Retail Financial Services Group, consumer forum attended by leaders from both sides
  • Member, Advisory Group of Financial Services Faculty of Institute of Chartered Accountants
  • Member, British Standards Institution's Consumer Policy Committee Strategic Advisory Panel 
  • Treasurer and Executive member, Lewisham Liberal Democrats

Interests in shares and securities:

  • Lloyds/TSB shares
  • Abbey/Banco Santander Shares

Miscellaneous interests:

  • Partner works freelance for Which? and Legal Services Commission

Douglas Sinclair

Remuneration:

  • Chair: Scottish Consumer Council
  • Member: Accounts Commission for Scotland

Related undertakings:

  • none

Unremunerated Positions in Public Bodies and Other Organisations:

  • none

Interests in shares and securities:

  • none

Miscellaneous interests:

  • none

Vivienne Sugar

Remuneration:

  • Chair of Welsh Consumer Council
  • Consultant to Government and local government
  • Independent Adviser for Public Appointments
  • Wales Advisor to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Related undertakings:

  • none

Unremunerated Positions in Public Bodies and Other Organisations:

  • Vice President of Swansea University

Interests in shares and securities:

  • none

Miscellaneous interests:

  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing
  • Local Government Pension (City & County of Swansea)
  • Husband in a hospital consultant

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