2006 Review of Links with Large Business - Consultative Committee

The consultative committee will provide strategic direction and ongoing guidance for the review. The members of the committee are:

Sir David Varney - Former Chairman, HM Revenue & Customs and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor (Committee Chair)

Dave Hartnett - Director General: Policy & Technical, HM Revenue & Customs (Deputy Chair)

John Connors - Director, Business Customer Unit, HM Revenue & Customs

David Garlick - Director, Large Business Service, HM Revenue & Customs (until 31 December 2006)

Melanie Dawes - Director, Large Business Service, HM Revenue & Customs (from 1 January 2007)

Julie Hughff - Assistant Director, Business Customer Unit, HM Revenue & Customs

Edward Troup - Director, Business and Indirect Taxes, HM Treasury

Douglas Flint - Group Finance Director, HSBC Holdings plc

Ken Hanna - Chief Financial Officer, Cadbury Schweppes plc

Richard Lapthorne - Chairman, Cable & Wireless plc

Ken Lever - Finance Director, Tomkins plc

Rudy Markham - Chief Financial Officer, Unilever plc

Jonathan Symonds - Chief Financial Officer, AstraZeneca plc

Secretariat:

Julie Hughff - Large Business & Employers Customer Unit, HM Revenue & Customs

The committee will meet as a group three times during the review:

  • an initial meeting on 30 June;
  • an interim meeting on 11 September; and
  • a final meeting on 20 October.