Annual Report & Accounts 2011-12

Simon joined the DVLA in 2008 as Chief Operations Officer. In May 2011, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Simon is a business professional with a strong record of accomplishment in modernisation, cost efficiency, customer focus and quality of service, gained in highly competitive private sector markets.

Previous employment includes Managing Director, Wales and West (1998) and Business UK, Board Director (2001) both with Virgin Media.
 
Simon is also actively involved in local initiatives and current roles include a Non Executive Director of the Hill Community Development Trust, Swansea; and a Board Member for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre, Singleton Hospital, Swansea. Previously Simon was Senior Executive on the Board of Directors for Clyne Energy Ltd, Advisory Board member for the Business in the Community Wales; Chair of West Wales Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Founder Director of Wales North America Business Council; Trustee Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice.

David joined DVLA in 2005 as Central Operations Director. He then worked for three years as Corporate Affairs Director. He took over his current role as Transformation Director in January 2012, responsible for the alignment and co-ordination of change to achieve the Agency’s strategic direction by 2022. David has over 20 years business delivery and change management experience in the public sector and has led business start up and merger activities. He has a background in the Whitehall and Brussels policy worlds.

Judith joined DVLA in 2008 as HR and Estates Director from the Audit Commission where she was Area Performance Lead and joint inspector with Office for Standards in Education.
 
In May 2011, she was appointed Chief Operating Officer: her key responsibility is to ensure the delivery of all the Agency’s customer facing transactions. Judith is also Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for the Efficiency Programme. Judith brings to the Agency her experience of multi-agency working including health, local and central government and Non- Departmental Public Bodies. She has been an examiner for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and is currently on the national CIPD Advisory Panel.

Phil joined DVLA in January 2012 as Director of HR and Estates. Phil was previously HR and Estates Director at Companies House. Prior to his time at Companies House, Phil worked for 17 years within the logistics industry for Exel, WH Smith News and Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn (DHL). He joined Exel originally as a Graduate trainee where he undertook a range of general management roles before moving into HR in 1994. During his time with Exel, he became a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which he upgraded to ‘Fellow’ in 2009. Phil has a wide range of experience across the HR disciplines and has led a number of significant change programmes over the past 10 years.

Since joining DVLA in 1976, Hugh has successfully undertaken a wide range of roles including operations and project management, systems development and testing, efficiency and process improvements and policy. Prior to joining the Executive Board Hugh had fulfilled the Head of Policy role for eight years. During this period, he led the policy team through periods of major change, ensuring the agency’s policies are in line with government commitments and the necessary legislation is changed or put in place to accommodate this. Hugh also takes the lead for DVLA in helping to maintain the productive working relationship with the European Commission and with registration authorities based in other EU Member States. He has great experience and knowledge of the Agency’s culture and business, which he now brings to the Executive Board.

Paul was appointed as DVLA Chief Information Officer (CIO) in 2009. He is responsible for all DVLA IT services and development programmes delivered through an internal team and an outsourced contract with IBM. He has a post graduate diploma in computing and spent 12 Years as Head of IT UK and in CIO Roles. Paul is also a member of the DfT senior CIO team and is the DfT lead for Government Data Centre, G-Cloud and Apps store initiatives and is a member of the Government CIO Council.

Ieuan is both a Chartered and Public Finance accountant, with nearly 20 years of experience of leading public sector change and major procurement negotiations. He has been in his current post in DVLA since 2001 and has authored the Agency’s journey from paper to electronic links and transactions. He came into the public sector, initially as Finance Director of a University Hospital Trust, in 1994 having previously been a director in the business and IT strategy consultancy of Coopers & Lybrand. He has Cambridge and Bristol degrees in mathematics and holds a doctorate in Change Management. He was a member of the UK Accounting Standards Board Public Sector Committee for 10 years and more recently member of the Treasury Financial Reporting Advisory Board for five years. Ieuan is a member of Companies House Audit Committee and a Non-Executive member of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.

Jim was previously a Senior Partner at PA Consulting Group where he headed the company’s government consulting practice. During his consulting career, Jim led a series of complex procurement and change initiatives for a variety of public sector organisations. Jim was recruited as a DVLA Non-Executive Board Member, partly on the basis of his expertise in outsourcing and IT-enabled business change.
 
Jim is also a special advisor to the National Audit Office on selected value for money reviews. Jim has Chief Executive Officer experience, formerly leading ProcServe, a supplier of electronic commerce systems to both private and public sector clients. Jim has a MSc. in Operational Research (1990) from the London School of Economics and a BA (Hons.) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (1985) from Lincoln College, Oxford.

Michael was appointed as DVLA Non-Executive Board Member and Audit Committee Chairman in October 2009. He has managed a wide range of finance activities in a number of different environments including start-up situations and established businesses. He has an MSc in Accounting and Finance (1987) from the London School of Economics and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Directors.
 
In addition to his role as Chair of the DVLA Audit Committee, he has been appointed by the Driver and Vehicle Agency in Northern Ireland to chair its own Audit Committee, which also includes two other independent members. As DVLA Audit Chair, he also serves ex officio as a member of the Department for Transport Group Audit Committee.

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