Dr Helen Mounsey reappointed as chair of the Coal Authority

Dr Helen Mounsey has been reappointed Chair of the Coal Authority, Energy and Climate Change Minister David Kidney announced today.

David Kidney said: "Dr Mounsey has been extremely successful as Chair of the Coal Authority for the last three years. I am very pleased to re-appoint Dr Mounsey for a further term during which I am sure the Authority will continue to thrive and evolve.”
Notes for editors:
1. These appointments have been made in accordance with the requirements of the Code published by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
2. Dr Mounsey’s reappointment will commence on 1 October 2010 until 31 March 2013. Remuneration is currently £27,000 per annum.
3. Dr Mounsey was originally appointed as a Non-Executive Board member of the Coal Authority for a five year period from 7 November 2002 and subsequently made Chair in October 2007. She joined the consulting practice of PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 1989, becoming an Associate Partner with IBM Business Consulting Services following the merger of the two organisations in October 2002. Since leaving IBM in January 2009, she has continued to work as an independent consultant in the utilities sector, in parallel to her role as Chair of the Authority.
4. Dr Mounsey holds no other Ministerial appointments and is not engaged in any political activity.
5. The Coal Authority was established by Parliament in 1994 with specific statutory responsibilities associated with:
licensing coal mining operations in Britain handling coal mining subsidence damage claims property and historic liability issues, such as treatment of minewater discharges providing public access to information on past and present coal mining operations the provision of emergency call-out service for reported surface hazards.
Further details can be obtained at www.coal.gov.uk
6. All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, in accordance with Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees’ political activity (if any declared) to be made public. No such activity was declared.
7. The Department of Energy and Climate Change is central to the UK Government’s leadership on climate change. We are pushing hard internationally for ambitious effective and fair action to avert the most dangerous impacts. Through our UK Low Carbon Transition Plan we are giving householders and businesses the incentives and advice they need to cut their emissions, we are enabling the energy sector’s shift to the trinity of renewables, new nuclear and clean coal, and we are stepping up the fight against fuel poverty.


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