PSC welcomes new commissioners
6 June 2000
Graham Corbett, Chairman of the Postal Services Commission (PSC), today welcomed Stephen Byers’ appointment of five independent members to the PSC – a move that completes the first stage of the creation a new regulator for postal services.
The five will join Mr Corbett and Chief Executive Martin Stanley to make up the panel of commissioners which will guide PSC’s policy.
They are: Martin Stanley, Janet Lewis-Jones, Robin Aaronson, Graham Corbett, Julia Kaufmann, Tony Cooper and Ken Olisa.
Mr Corbett said: “This panel of commissioners brings a first class mix of business knowledge, economic expertise, trade union awareness and customer focus to the PSC’s decision making. I am delighted to be working with such a talented and knowledgeable team.”
Notes to Editors
Mr Robin Aaronson, aged 48, is Director of the London office of LECG Ltd, a firm of business consultants. A trained economist, he was a partner in PriceWaterhouseCoopers from 1989 to 1998. Before that he was a senior economic adviser at the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and an economic adviser at the Treasury.
Mr Tony Cooper, (56), is General Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Engineers and Managers Association and a member of the TUC General Council.
Ms Julia Kaufmann OBE (58) is Director (until the end of July) of the BBC Children in Need Appeal which distributes around £20 million per year to voluntary organisations.
Ms Janet Lewis-Jones (49) has a portfolio of appointments which includes the British Board of Film Classification, the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority and the British Waterways Board.
Mr Ken Olisa (48) is Chairman and CEO of Interregnum plc, a company working with IT innovators and investors. He is a Governor of the Peabody Trust and Chairman of Thames Reach Housing Association.
Mr Graham Corbett CBE (65) is currently Deputy Chairman of the Competition Commission, a role he will continue to hold until July to complete existing commitments. He is also a non-executive director of Kier Group and Chairman of Ricability, a charity concerned with research and information for people with disabilities.
Mr Martin Stanley (51), is a former Director of the Cabinet Office’s Regulatory Impact Unit. He has previously been Principal Private Secretary at the DTI and has led a number of teams responsible, among other things, for the Government’s relations with and support for the vehicle, steel and engineering industries.
