Letter to Stakeholders - Shadow Board Appointments

Dear stakeholder

First, this is to inform you that it is possible that the draft RTFO Order may be debated in Parliament as early as next week: we will provide further details as soon as possible.

Secondly, we have published a new paper on our website entitled "Biofuels: Risks ands Opportunities".  This attempts to provide a balanced commentary on some of the recent media stories on biofuels.

And thirdly, the Department for Transport has now appointed four shadow board members to the proposed new Renewable Fuels Agency, which is due to come into existence once Parliament has approved the RTFO Order. The shadow board members, along with the shadow chair Professor Gallagher, whose appointment was announced last month, will be advising the Government on the establishment and strategic direction of the proposed new Agency.  The full shadow board now comprises:

Professor Ed Gallagher (chair) was previously the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency and National Rivers Authority, as well as the Manufacturing Director of Amersham International and the Director of Marketing and Product Development at Black and Decker.  He has been the Chair of Energywatch since 2004, and was Governor and then Chair of Middlesex University from 1994-2004.

Greg Archer is the Director of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership. He has previously worked for the Carbon Trust and was an Associate Director of Atkins Environment.

Dr Paul Jefferiss is currently Director of Environmental Policy at BP. He was previously head of Environmental Policy for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is a non executive director of the Carbon Trust and the SITA Trust, a board member of the Low-Carbon Vehicle Partnership and a trustee of the National Energy Foundation.

Gareth Llewellyn is currently Global Director for Safety, Health, Environment and Corporate Responsibility for the National Grid. He is also a non executive director of Biffa plc and NG Property Holdings.

Brian White is co founder and director of biofuel trading company, BionerG Ltd. He is currently chair of the National Energy Foundation, Non Executive Director of Xaviour Energy Ltd, Chair of Milton Keynes Energy Agency and Chair of the Milton Keynes Enterprise Hub. He was Member of Parliament for North East Milton Keynes between 1997 and 2005.

Best wishes,

Rupert Furness
RTFO Programme Director