The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has a new board of directors.
Following an open selection process, six new appointments have been announced.
The new members are:Simon Allbutt, a human resources specialist;Bill Butler, the outgoing chief executive of the Security Industry Authority;Angela Coleshill, the employment, skills and corporate director at the Food and Drink Federation, and an ex-board member of the GLA finance and general purposes committee;Professor Linda Dickens MBE, Emeritus Professor of industrial relations at the University of Warwick and an independent member of the Council of Acas;Marshall Evans, a previous board member representing labour providers, and a one-time group operations director of Staffline; AndPaul Williams, chief executive of the Sea Fish Industry and a council member of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain
The appointments are subject to the necessary security clearances being obtained. The remaining two board positions will be recruited later in the year.
The first meeting of the new GLA board will be on 22 April, when the members will review the GLA’s three-year strategic plan and the budget for 2015-16.
The new appointees will also consider how it will engage with GLA’s stakeholder community through advisory committees, liaison groups and one-to-one visits.
GLA chair Margaret Beels said: “I greatly look forward to working with the new board.They combine experience of the GLA’s past activities with fresh ideas for the future and working with the GLA’s key stakeholders the new board will lead the delivery of the authority’s updated strategic plan.”
The new board’s term will be phased over two and three years until 19 March 2018.
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