About Us

Andrew Summers CMG – Chairman of the Companies House Steering Board
	Andrew was appointed as Independent Chairman in January 2007. He works in a variety of non-executive roles which include Director of Whitbybird, 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 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. In 2001 Andrew was awarded the CMG 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 at Chime Communications plc and a member of the Education Leadership Team of Business in the Community.
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Nigel Paul
	Nigel was appointed to the Companies House Steering Board in October 2002. He is the Director of Corporate Services at the University of Edinburgh, chairing the Board of it’s commercialisation. He is also a Director of the Edinburgh University Press. A Chartered Accountant, Nigel spent 22 years at ICI, latterly as the Finance, IT and Planning Director for one of its major international heavy chemical divisions. He also works with the Leadership Trust in support of its training programmes.
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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 within the EU and internationally. John is also the sponsor Board Member for INSS 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 B&Q Plc and Woolworths Plc, having had responsibility for systems, logistics and business operations. A senior, results-driven executive he has extensive experience within multinational, customer-facing businesses. His strengths lie in business strategy, team leadership and people development, and management of major business re-engineering programmes. He has worked in US and European business cultures.
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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.
Geoff Dart
	Geoff Dart is currently Director Corporate Law & Governance, where he has responsibility for company law, accounting and audit requirements and standards, and Better Regulation. A career civil servant, he has held a variety of senior civil service posts, including Principal Private Secretary to two cabinet ministers. Prior to joining CLG, he was Director of the DTI's Strategy & Communications Directorate.