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Annual Report 2007

Members of the Council

Chairman
Geoffrey Fitchew CMG Chairman of the Building Societies Commission 1994-2002, having worked in the Treasury, the Cabinet Office and as a Director General in the European Commission in Brussels. A member of the Determination Panel of the Pensions Regulator.
Lay Members
John Hanlon Independent Case Examiner for the Department of Work and pensions (DWP). Chair of the Governance Committee of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB and a member of the Scottish Consumer Council.
Dr Dianne Hayter Currently Chairman of both the Consumer Panel of the Bar Standards Board and of the Property Standards Board. Also a member of the Board for Actuarial Standards and of the Determination Panel of the Pensions Regulator. Formerly - vice Chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel, Chair of the Labour Party’s National Executive and a member of the National Consumer Council.
Philip McNeill A chartered accountant, chartered tax adviser, author and lecturer, currently involved in providing training for debt advisers. He has been involved with the not-for-profit sector for many years and specialises in tax debt.
David Tracy A senior executive with Barclays Bank (1988 – 2003). Non-executive Chair of the Nuneaton and Bedworth Healthy Living Network and a non-executive director, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Malcolm Watkins Director of Finance & Operations of the MND Association.
Practitioner Members
Hamish Anderson

Partner with Norton Rose LLP and Chairman, City of the London Law Society Insolvency Committee

Ron Robinson Former partner of Begbies Traynor in Manchester and a Past President of R3
Peter Souster Former business recovery partner of Baker Tilly in London. A Council Member of R3 and Deputy Chairman of the ICAEW's Insolvency Committee
Secretary
Mike Stancombe Retired army officer, civil engineer and former Chief Operating Officer of R3
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