Jeannie Drake appointed to Personal Accounts board

Following the appointmemnt of Paul Myners this is further good news:

Jeannie Drake appointed as PADA non-executive director
by Jonathan Stapleton 12-09-2007
JEANNIE Drake has been appointed as non-executive director of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.

Drake – whose appointment will take effect from September 17 – currently serves on the board of the Pension Protection Fund, the Equal Opportunities Commission, and the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

Between 2002 and 2006 Jeannie Drake served on the Pensions Commission.

She also has experience in the private sector and is currently a pension scheme trustee for both O2 and Alliance and Leicester.

Drake has also held a number of trade union posts including deputy general secretary of the National Communication Union and president of the Trades Union Congress.

She has been deputy general secretary of the Communications Workers’ Union since 1995, where she specialises in IT and telecommunications.

The department for work and pensions said the recruitment process

for a chief executive and other appointments to the board is under way.