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Ballymena Belfast Craigavon Enniskillen Londonderry Omagh
This meeting is to be held at Craigavon Leisure Centre on the 14th May 2003.
Professor Alan Alexander, Chair of Scottish Water (since April 2002), and Chairman of West of Scotland Water (1999-2002) retired from the Chair of Local and Public Management at the Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde in July 2000. He is now Emeritus Professor.
As Chair, Professor Alexander has responsibility for the strategic leadership of Scottish Water, for ensuring the creation of a new and efficient water utility and for demonstrating the effectiveness of a new public sector model for the water industry in Scotland. The operating environment will be one in which the Water Industry Commissioner’s recommendation (accepted by Scottish Ministers) of very challenging targets for the reduction of operating costs and the achievement of major efficiencies in Scottish Water’s huge capital programme will have to be met if the public sector model is to be successful.
Professor Alexander is author of Local Government in Britain Since Reorganisation (1982), The Politics of Local Government in the United Kingdom (1982), Borough Government and Politics: Reading 1835-1985 (1985), Managing the Fragmented Authority (written jointly with Kevin Orr, 1994), of a Fabian Pamphlet, Managing Local Socialism (1986) and many articles in academic journals.
He has been a leading member of two local authorities and he served on the Board of the Housing Corporation from 1977 to 1980. In 1992 he was the sole academic member of The Scottish Office Working Party on the Internal Management of Local Authorities.
In 1998-1999 he was a member of the Commission on Local Government and the Scottish Parliament (The McIntosh Commission)
He has been appointed as a member of the Accounts Commission for Scotland with effect from October 2002.
Senior Lecturer, School of Economics and Politics, University of Ulster.
Academic economist 20 years experience.
Member of the Editorial Board First Trust Bank “
Business Outlook and Editorial Review
Member of CBI (Confederation of British Industry)
Economic affairs committee
Member of IOD (Institute of Directors) Economic Strategy Committee
Council
Member, Irish Economics Association
Special Advisor to Scottish Parliament Economic and
Life Long Learning Committee
Ian Smith graduated LL.B. from the University of Dundee in 1970, qualified as a solicitor and held a wide range of legal and administrative posts in local government before becoming a senior manager. He has been Chief Executive of a District Council, a Regional Council and a Unitary Council. From 1999 until 2002 he was a member of the Board of West of Scotland Water and is now Convener of the Water Customer Consultation Panels in Scotland. From 2000 until 2002 he was Local Government Ombudsman in Scotland. He is currently a Board member of Scottish Children's Reporter Administration, a member of the Appointing Committee of the General Dental Council, a Committee member of Impact Housing Association in Cumbria and a Member of the Court of Glasgow Caledonian University.
A native of Omagh, E McLaughlin was appointed to a newly established Chair in Social Policy at Queen’s University Belfast 1995. She had previously held posts at Queen’s and at the University of York. Her current research is on poverty, equality and disadvantage. The Northern Ireland Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey (2002-2003): the Republic of Ireland’s Living in Ireland Surveys and recent similar work in New Zealand to provide data on the prevalence and effects of poverty North/South and East/West in the British Isles and within Northern Ireland between the various social groups identified under legislation. The first results of the Survey should be available early in 2003.
Professor McLaughlin is the author to date of 60 books, reports and academic papers dealing with various aspects of social economics and social policy.
Professor McLaughlin has participated in four major policy reviews
She has also been the Northern Ireland Member of the UK Social Security Advisory Committee since 1994.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PERSONNEL
David is Treasury Officer of Accounts in the Department of Finance and Personnel. He is directly accountable for promoting and overseeing the systems which underpin value for money and Assembly/Parliamentary accountability and is responsible to PAC for the discharge of DFP Supply/Value for Money responsibilities in respect of all departmental expenditure.
David is a chartered accountant, who has previously worked in the Industrial Development Board, the then Department of Economic Development and the Department of the Environment.
WATER SERVICE
John Kelly is Acting Chief Executive of Water Service and is a Chartered Civil Engineer by profession. He has had over 35 years experience in the Water Industry in Northern Ireland, both prior to the reorganisation of local government, and in the 30 years since. His experience has ranged across design, construction and operations management. During his recent 11 years as Director of Operations he fostered a more customer orientated delivery of service, including the creation of customer service units in 4 Water Service geographical Divisions.
DEPARTMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
David is a Deputy Secretary in the Department for Regional Development and is responsible for the Department's resources and management services. Before taking up his current post in January this year, David was Head of Central Expenditure Division in the Department of Finance and Personnel where he was responsible for co-ordinating public expenditure planning for the 11 Northern Ireland Departments. A career civil servant, David has previously worked in the Northern Ireland Office and the Police Authority for Northern Ireland.
