An independent Advisory Panel has been set up to provide advice to the Government as British Waterways makes the transition from public corporation to charitable body in England and Wales, with the transition to be completed by April 2012.
Andrew Hind CB has been appointed as Chair of the new independent Advisory Panel on First Appointments and Transition. Dinah Nichols, Roger Clarke and Robin Ritzema have been appointed as members.
The panel will advise the Secretary of State for the Environment on the appointment of ‘Transition Trustees’ to represent the interests of the new charity and, in the future, sit on its Board of Trustees once it has been set up. All appointments will be made on merit and political activity will play no part in the selection process.
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