Executive Committee Summary Minutes of 12 September 2006

Attendees

Paul Gray - Acting Chairman
Mike Eland - Director General
Mike Hanson - Director General
Dave Hartnett - Director General
Steve Heminsley - Director of Organisational Development
David Hogg - Acting General Counsel and Solicitor
Chris Hopson - Director of Communications and Marketing
Stephen Jones - Director of Finance
Bernadette Kenny - Director General
Steve Lamey - Director General and Chief Information Officer

Carol Lunney, Emma Broadbent and Adam McMordie - Secretariat

Also Attending for relevant items:

Chris French, Nigel Williams, Adam Goulcher, David Grainger, Don Makepeace, Russell Grossman, Jo Brigham

Contents

Matters arising

The 29th August Minutes were agreed with amendments.

Five Year Plan / Value Propositions

Steve Heminsley and Chris French (CF) introduce the most recent work on the Five Year Plan and value propositions. CF noted that while different programmes were at different stages of development there had been overall progress in understanding the departmental direction of travel. Further work is required to clarify issues of costs, benefit and scope for programmes – there needs to be a greater focus on what is going to be delivered.

Brand Strategy

Adam Goulcher presented work undertaken on the Departmental brand and vision.
ExCom was broadly happy with the direction of this work. Paul Gray concluded the work to date needs to be seen as part of the wider engagement strategy.

Engagement Strategy

Paul Gray opened the discussion noting that the Board had sent a clear message that they felt coherence, sincerity and a realistic approach were key to the engagement strategy. ExCom members were keen to participate in all the proposed events The agenda for the next 46 meeting was also discussed.

Review of Forward Look for Future ExCom Meetings

No amendments were made to the forward look.

Workforce Change

Mike Hanson and Don Makepeace invited colleagues to approve the current direction of travel for the Work Force Change Strategy. ExCom were broadly content with the direction of this work.

AOB

Bernadette Kenny drew to the attention of the committee a further union ballot in Distributed Processing.
Mike Eland Noted that good progress was being made on MTIC.
Paul Gray thanked Emma Broadbent for her work both for ExCom and in the Chairman’s office and offered her the committee’s best wishes in her new post.

The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be on the 26 September, 10.00am, room 4/58.1, 100 Parliament Street, London.

Executive Committee Secretariat