NEW BOARD APPOINTMENTS FOR DESIGN COUNCIL
7 Feb 2005 11:15 AM
Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science and Innovation, today announced
the appointment of seven new members and extensions to the
appointments of three Members of the Design Council. The
appointments are effective from 1 January 2005. The Members join
George Cox, who was appointed Chair of the Design Council from 1st
September 2004.
The Design Council's purpose is to improve prosperity in the UK by
enabling the best use of design in a modern global economy. It is a
public body sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry working
across the public and private sectors.
Lord Sainsbury said:
"I am delighted to announce the appointment of new members to the
Design Council.
"The Design Council has a major programme of work ahead of it to
spread the use of good design more widely, and I am very pleased that
we have been able to appoint such a strong council to take this work
forward."
Notes for Editors:
1. The Council will be as follows:-
George Cox Chair
John Hazelwood ( Vice Chair )
Hamish Bryce re-appointment
Bonnie Dean new appointment
Penny Egan re-appointment
John Hollar new appointment
Geoff Kirk new appointment
Stuart MacDonald new appointment
Paul Priestman new appointment
Jonathan Sands re-appointment
Richard Williams new appointment
Christopher Wise new appointment
2. All appointments have been made in accordance with the Code of
Practice of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Appointments
to the Design Council are made by the Secretary of State for Trade &
Industry, in accordance with the Code of Practice issued by the
Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA). All
appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part
in the selection process. However, in accordance with the original
Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees'
political activity (if any declared) to be made public.
3. The Chair and members posts are all unpaid and appointments are
made for 2 or 3 years.
4. A thorough review of the activities of the Design Council has
taken place over the 18months, led by then Chairman, Sir Christopher
Frayling and the Chief Executive, David Kester. The outcome of that
review and of the DTI's Innovation Report are reflected in the Design
Council's Corporate Plan to 2007.
Further information on the plans and activities of the Design Council
can be found at www.designcouncil.org.uk.
Further information on the DTI Innovation Report can be found at
www.dti.gov.uk/innovationreport.
Biographies
George Cox
George Cox recently retired as Director-General of the Institute of
Directors. Starting as an aeronautical engineer, he became involved
in computers in the mid-60's and spent most of his business career in
IT. He formed a business in 1977, presiding over its growth and
international expansion until it successfully floated on the London
Stock Exchange in 1990. Before his role at the IoD, he was Chairman
of Unisys in the UK and head of all Unisys service-based businesses
throughout Europe.
Other roles have included serving on the Management Board of the
Inland Revenue and the Boards of LIFFE (the London International
Financial Futures Exchange), Bradford & Bingley, Shorts and the
Supervisory Board of Euronext. He is also involved with a number of
charities and academic institutions.
He was appointed chair of the Design Council in 2004.
John Hazelwood
John worked for Unilever until 1996, finally as Gloucester Birds Eye
Wall's General Manager and Managing Director of Embisco (cones and
wafers). He then set up his own Consulting Company and also
undertakes a range of responsibilities within Gloucestershire, the
region and nationally. This includes Senior Advisor for External
Affairs to Birds Eye Wall's, chairing the West of England Development
Agency as well as the Gloucestershire Development Agency and
membership of the Business Links Advisory Accreditation Panel and the
CBI National Manufacturing Council.
He was appointed a CBE in the 1994 New Year's Honours List for his
services to training.
He was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 1998.
Hamish Bryce
Hamish Bryce is currently chair of the Business Committee of the
London Resilient Forum and a board member of Hendersons Strata
Investments Plc.
Previously he was chairman of TLG plc, formerly the Thorn Lighting
Group. He was appointed chief executive of Thorn Lighting in 1986,
led the buyout from Thorn EMI in 1993, appointed chairman of the
Group when it was floated in 1994 and he is a former Chairman of
Hayward Williams Plc and Norcros Plc.
Hamish was commissioned into the Royal Engineers from the Royal
Military Academy, Sandhurst. He went to Cambridge University, where
he read engineering, graduating in 1966. A former Scottish
international rugby player and Cambridge Blue, Hamish retains an
active interest in rugby and other sports. He is married, with two
children.
He was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 1999.
Bonnie Dean
Chief Executive of Marshall Thermo King Ltd and previous CEO and P&L
responsibility for turning round a variety of
engineering/manufacturing companies.
She has been Vice President Euromot, Germany, Vice president and
member of the Finance Committee of EEF western, Bristol and currently
sits on the EEF Economic Policy Committee (all unremunerated).
Naturalised British Citizen (born in US) She holds no other
Ministerial appointments and has not taken part in any political
activities during the last five years.
She was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 2005.
Penny Egan
Penny Egan has been Executive Director of the RSA since 1998, having
joined the organisation in 1986 and undertaken a variety of roles
including leading the arts programme. She is also a Trustee of the
Campaign for Learning and Animarts, a Board Member of the Design
Council and a Commissioner for the Creative Industries in London.
Previous posts include Head of the Press Office at the Craft Council
Downing Street Press Officer during the Wilson and Callaghan
governments.
She was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 1999.
John Hollar
More than 10 years of growing design-intensive, creative and
technology based companies as CEO Penguin Television Ltd and Pearson
Broadband Ltd in the UK and, before that, as Executive VP of the
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the US.
Was member of DTI delegation to France in 2003 to discuss broadband
networking and content development. American, will apply for Leave to
Remain in the UK once eligible.
He holds no other Ministerial appointments and has not taken part in
any political activities during the last five years.
He was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 2005.
Professor Geoffrey Kirk
Chief Design Engineer, Civil Aerospace for Rolls Royce. Awarded The
Royal Society British Bronze Medal 1998 in recognition of his
influence on the design of large civil aircraft engine programmes,
Rolls-Royce Fello - Design in 1999, The Gerald Frewer Memorial Trophy
bu the Institution of Engineering Designers 2002 and Winner of the
Prince Philip Designers Prize 2002. Royal Designer for Industry.
Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in the Principles of
Engineering Design at Queen Mary, University of London, Visiting
Professor in the Principles of Engineering Design at University of
Nottingham, Member of the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre
Steering Panel and Member of Aircraft Research Association Council.
He has held office at his local branch of the Conservative party. He
holds no other Ministerial appointments.
He was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 2005.
Stuart MacDonald
Is Director of the Lighthouse, which is Scotland's national centre
for Architecture, Design and the City and is central to the promotion
of Scotland's architecture and creative industries policies. A
founding member of the Scottish Architecture Education Trust,
President of the Reseau European Art Nouveau Network and Vice-Chair
of the world-wide Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society. Previously he
worked for Glasgow 1999 City of Architecture and Design and Glasgow
1996 Internaitonal Design Festival. He has also been a visiting
lecturer at Glasgow School of Art and the Universities of Dundee and
Glasgow as well as external examiner at the University of Wales in
Cardiff and De Montfort University. He was a member of the
Ministerial working group on the Creative Industries in Scotland and
editor fo Scottish Architecture 2000 - 2002. He is an Honorary fellow
of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a member of the
British Council Design Advisory Group and the NESTA Graduate Pioneer
Programme Committee.
He holds no other Ministerial appointments and has not taken part in
any political activities during the last five years.
He was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 2005.
Paul Priestman
Founding Director of Priestman Goode, the award winning London based
product, environment and transport design consultancy, which has won
major contracts for Heathrow Terminal 5, Virgin Atlantic, Lufthansa,
Coca Cola Schweppes, Fujitsu, Orange etc.
President of the DBA 2001-2003 and regular speaker on design.
He holds no other Ministerial appointments and has not taken part in
any political activities during the last five years.
He was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 2005.
Jonathan Sands
Jonathan Sands was appointed CEO of Elmwood at the age of 26 and ran
a management buyout of the company in 1988. They played a fundamental
role in the turnaround of ASDA under Alan Leighton, (CEO) and Archie
Norman, (Chairman), and became the lead consultant behind the FA 2006
World Cup Bid, producing the Bid itself. He became Chairman of
Elmwood in January 2000.
In 1999 he was appointed Chair of RSA Design Advisory Group and
joined RSA Council. Co-founded Design Yorkshire with Huddersfield MP
Barry Sheerman and raised circa 200,000 to stimulate the use of
better design throughout the region.
He was also the youngest ever Chairman of Design Business Association
1995-7 and the first from outside London.
He was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 2000.
Richard Williams
A successful freelance design consultant and co-founder of Williams
Murray Hamm, a leading brand consultancy. WMH has an international
award-winning reputation for commercial and creative excellence and
its client list includes Hovis, Unilever, Nestle and even S Club 7.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Chartered Society of
Designers, a member of D&AD and The Marketing Society, he contributes
regularly to Design Week magazine, comments on design matters for the
BBC, he speaks publically and lectures regularly and sits on the
external advisory panel at Surrey Institute.
He holds no other Ministerial appointments and has not taken part in
any political activities during the last five years.
He was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 2005.
Chris Wise
A structural engineer and Fellow of the Riyal Academy of Engineering,
formerly an Ove Arup partner who co-founded the engineering design
practice Expedition in 1999.
First Professor of Creative Design at Imperial College, London and an
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institution of British Architects. Also
a Royal Designer for Industry.
He lectures, writes and broadcasts widely, including BBC2's Building
the Impossible series and Secrets of the Ancients, men of Iron C4,
Building the Ultimate C5.
He holds no other Ministerial appointments and has not taken part in
any political activities during the last five years.
He was appointed a council member of the Design Council in 2005.
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