Postcomm appoints Sarah Chambers as its new CEO
Postcomm announced today (13 October 2004) the appointment of Sarah Chambers as its Chief Executive. The Secretary of State for Trade & Industry has also approved her appointment as a Commissioner of Postcomm.
Sarah joins Postcomm from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), where for the past four years she has headed the Automotive Unit. She has held a wide range of other posts at DTI and gained regulatory experience as Director of Licensing at Oftel.
Nigel Stapleton, Chairman of Postcomm, said today: “I am delighted that we are taking on someone of Sarah’s calibre in this key role. The reputation she has gained over the past four years in building strong relationships with stakeholders in the automotive industry is an asset that will help us achieve our objectives over the coming years, when we expect to be working much more closely with stakeholders in the postal industry.”
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Sarah Chambers will replace Martin Stanley, the Chief Executive from Postcomm’s inception in 2000, who has now taken up his appointment as Chief Executive of the Competition Commission.
Postcomm – the Postal Services Commission – is an independent regulator. It was set up to further the interests of users of postal services. Postcomm’s main tasks are to:
– seek to ensure a universal postal service at an affordable uniform tariff
– further the interests of users wherever appropriate through competition
– license postal operators
– control Royal Mail’s prices and quality of service
– give advice to government on the future of the post office network
Postcomm’s policies are steered by a board of seven Commissioners (of which Sarah Chambers will now become one), headed by the chairman, Nigel Stapleton.
