About Us

	Andrew Summers CMG – Chairman of the Companies House Steering Board Andrew works in a variety of non-executive roles which include Director of Ramboll, a leading engineering consultancy, Chairman of Design Partners, the industry/government body which supports design companies internationally, and Deputy President of the Royal Society of Arts. He has been independent chairman of the Companies House Steering Board since 2007. He was Chief Executive of the Design Council until 2003 and previously held many high profile positions for various companies including as Managing Director of Sharwoods and of RHM Foods and as the first Chief Executive of the Management Charter Initiative. His government roles have included board membership of the Small Business Service and of British Trade International and chairman of the DTI European Trade Committee. He was awarded the CMG in 2001 for his work in promoting UK design internationally.
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	Rodger Hughes Rodger was appointed to the Steering Board and as Chair of the Audit Committee from January 2008. A Chartered Accountant, he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 25 years, including 4 years as Managing Partner and 7 years as Head of the Assurance practice. He has had extensive experience advising a wide range of organisations on business issues. He is Senior Independent Director of Chime Communications plc, a member of the Board of the international law firm Simmons & Simmons and a Director of Friends Provident plc.
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	John Alty Since September 2005 John has been responsible as Director General Fair Markets for BERR’s interest in a wide range of policy and regulatory areas which set the framework for business, employees and consumers, both in the UK and the EU and internationally. John is also the sponsor Board Member for The Insolvency Service and Companies House. John joined the DTI in 1978. He has worked in DTI throughout his career, except for a two year secondment to the European Secretariat of the Cabinet Office in the mid 1980s. Previous jobs included spells dealing with DTI’s interaction with business sectors, overall responsibility for DTI’s European policy, and for competition policy, insurance regulation, and acting as private secretary to a number of Ministers.
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	Dan Bernard Dan was appointed to the Steering Board in May 2004. Dan has over 13 years Board Director-level experience with Kingfisher Plc and its subsidiaries, having had responsibility for systems, logistics and business operations. More recently he has delivered several key assignments within central government as part of its service transformation and efficiency agendas. Dan is a highly experienced Programme Director and CIO with a strong track record of shaping and delivering major business change initiatives within multinational, customer-facing businesses and in government.
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	Alex Jablonowski Alex was appointed to the Steering Board in January 2004. He is a senior international banker who has gained a broad range of experience in UK and international banking, financial institutions, operational services, IT and project management. Alex also has extensive industrial and commercial experience gained through corporate banking and lending. He has operated at Board level with many major companies and banks holding positions such as Barclays Group Strategic Planning Director, as a divisional MD for Barclays and as CEO of a merchant and private bank. Alex currently holds various advisory and venture capital roles and other non - executive directorships.
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	Richard Carter Richard Carter is currently Director Corporate Law & Governance, where he has responsibility for company law, accounting and audit regulation and standards, and Better Regulation. A career civil servant, he has held a variety of civil service posts, including two previous periods working on company law issues. Prior to joining CLG, he was Director of BIS: New Industries New Jobs Directorate
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	Sheila Doyle Sheila was appointed to the steering board in January 2010. She has extensive experience in business, in particular specializing in IT management, strategic alignment and complex programme delivery. She has held senior positions, operating at board level with blue chip companies including BP, IBM and Deutsche Bank. She consulted to financial and manufacturing firms in Asia Pacific having spent a number of years in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. More recently, Sheila was appointed IT director for Royal Mail where her focus is on delivering customer facing solutions and leveraging technology in the digital age. Sheila completed her PhD in Australia before returning to London with her family.
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	Nicky Alberry Nicky was appointed to the Steering Board in January 2009. She started her career with HSBC but has worked extensively in the world of business support and economic development for the last 17 years. She is Joint Chairman of GWE Business West, a South West based membership and economic development organisation and Chairman of Northern Arc, a company delivering publicly funded contracts in the area of business support and skills development to South West businesses. She is Vice Chairman on the Community Foundation for Wiltshire and Swindon and a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire.
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