John Smith
Reporting Panel Member
Biography
John Smith (appointed in 2005) has had a career which spans central government and regulated industries. He was Director of Regulation with Anglian Water (1990 to 1997) and with Railtrack plc (1997 to 2002). Previously, he was a member of the Government Economic Service, working mainly in the Department of the Environment, in the areas of transport, local government finance, environmental protection and water privatization. Currently, he works as an independent consultant, and is an associate of Indepen Consulting Ltd. He is a trustee and board member of Groundwork London, an environmental and community regeneration charity.
Register of interests
- Associate, Indepen Consulting Limited
- Independent consultant
- Work for the RAC Foundation on governance and funding of strategic roads (2009 –2011) - also involving joint work with Arup
- Previously: non-executive member of the board for the Marine & Fisheries Agency (November 2005 to March 2010)
