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  • Trustee Company Directors

    There are 16 directors in total. Eight are 'employer directors', nominated by the employers in the railway industry. The other eight are 'employee directors', nominated by organisations representing members and pensioners of the railways pension schemes. Six of the employee directors are sought from the railway trade unions, the British Transport Police Federation and Pensions Committees, and two are sought from the British Transport Pensioners' Federation, the Retired Railway Officers' Society, the railway trade unions and the British Transport Police Federation.

    A third of the directors retire by rotation every two years. The term of office is six years.

    The current employer directors are:

    Derek Scott (Chairman)
    Nominated by: All employers
    Term of office: 2016

    John Chilman
    Nominated by: Passenger train operating companies
    Term of office: 2014

    Richard Goldson
    Nominated by: Passenger train operating companies 
    Term of office: 2016

    John Hamilton
    Nominated by: Passenger train operating companies
    Term of office: 2014

    Chris Hannon
    Nominated by: Network Rail 
    Term of office: 2012

    Russell Mears
    Nominated by: Freight train operating companies and support services
    Term of office: 2016

    David Simpson
    Nominated by Network Rail
    Term of office: 2014

    John Wilson
    Nominated by: Freight train operating companies and support services 
    Term of office: 2014

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    The current employee directors are:

    Mick Cash
    Nominated by: National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)
    Term of office: 2016

    Tony Cotgreave
    Nominated by: British Transport Pensioners' Federation
    Term of office: 2014

    Dave Gott
    Nominated by: National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)
    Term of office: 2012

    Charles Harding
    Nominated by: Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU)
    Term of office: 2014

    John Mayfield
    Nominated by: Retired Railway Officers' Society
    Term of office: 2014

    Stephen Richards
    Nominated by: Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA)
    Term of office: 2012

    Gary Towse
    Nominated by: British Transport Police Federation
    Term of office: 2016

    Dave Tyson
    Nominated by: Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen (ASLEF)
    Term of office: 2016