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