Postcomm welcomes extensions of commissioners' terms
Nigel Stapleton, chairman of Postcomm, the independent postal regulator, today welcomed the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry’s decision to extend the terms during which Simone Bos and Tony Cooper will serve as Postcomm commissioners.
Mr Cooper’s term of office has been extended by two years and Ms Bos’ appointment has been extended by six months so that she can participate in finalising Postcomm’s Strategy Review.
Tony Cooper was appointed a commissioner on 1 June 2000. He combines his work for Postcomm with roles as non-executive director of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; chairman of the Board of the Combined Nuclear Pension Trustees Ltd and as a Forestry Commissioner. Mr Cooper is the former joint general secretary of Prospect, the union for engineers, scientists, managers, professionals and specialists. He is also a former member of the General Council of the TUC.
Simone Bos has been a commissioner since March 2004, when she was appointed for a three-year term. Based in the Netherlands, Ms Bos works as an independent consultant in business strategy and European affairs. She combines her role as Postcomm commissioner with memberships of the supervisory board of the state-owned Holland Casino, the Board of the Female Cancer Program Foundation, the External Advisory Board IBMS/INHOLLAND (University of Applied Sciences) and a regional UNICEF management committee.
Postcomm Chairman Nigel Stapleton said:
“We are delighted that Tony has agreed to remain on the Commission for a further two years. His experience will continues to be invaluable in the light of the significant changes that are taking place in the postal services market.
“We are, of course, extremely sorry that Simone will be leaving the Commission later this year. Her thorough knowledge of the postal sector across Europe has been of great help to the Commission over the past three years. We are, however, most grateful that she has agreed to continue in the role for a further six months to see through the completion of our important Strategy Review project.
Ms Bos’ extension will run from 1 April 2007 until 30 September 2007, and Mr Cooper’s extension will start from 1 June 2007 and end on 31 May 2009.
Postcomm’s work is steered by its eight commissioners, who, between them, have many years’ experience of business, competition, consumer issues, regional matters, mail operations, trade union work, regulation and policy-making, as well as working with government.
