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SEPA Chair reappointment
22/09/2003
Sir Ken Collins has been reappointed
as Chair of the Board of the Scottish Environment
Protection Agency (SEPA).
Welcoming the appointment, Deputy
Environment Minister Allan Wilson said:
"SEPA plays a vital role in
safeguarding and improving our environment.
"The agency has made significant
progress over the last four years under Sir Ken's
chairmanship.
In that time it has faced many new
challenges, including a raft of new environmental duties,
and has made progress in improving environmental quality on
a number of fronts.
"I am delighted therefore that Sir Ken
Collins has accepted the Executive's invitation to serve as
Chair of SEPA for a second term.
"His extensive environmental
credentials and experience will continue to be invaluable
in this very important post.
The Board has played a pivotal role in
achieving that progress and has shown great commitment in
its task.
"This is, in no small measure, due to
the work that Sir Ken has done as Chair to date.
I look forward to working in partnership
with Sir Ken in taking this forward."
The post is part-time and currently
attracts an annual remuneration of £43,824 for a time
commitment of 3 days per week.
This salary is subject to annual review by
the Scottish Executive.
Sir Ken's appointment as Chair of SEPA
runs from 1 January 2004 until 31 December 2007.
He has served as Chair of the SEPA Board
since October 1999.
Sir Ken Collins was formerly Labour
MEP for Strathclyde East from 1979 to 1999.
During that time he held various posts
including Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public
Health and Consumer Protection in the European
Parliament.
He holds membership of various
professional and environmental bodies including: Fellow of
the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Honorary Fellow of
the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental
Management, and the Chartered Institution of Wastes
Management.
He is a Board Member of the Institute of
European Environment Policy, the European Environment
Agency Management Board and the Central Scotland Forest
Trust.
Sir Ken is a member of the Scottish
Labour Party.
He holds no other Ministerial
appointments.
SEPA was established as an executive
non-departmental public body (NDPB) under the Environmental
Protection Act 1995, with responsibility for environment
protection in Scotland.
It became fully operational in 1996, has a
total projected expenditure of £47 million for 2003-04 and
employs around 950 staff at 21 locations across Scotland.
The Agency operates within a framework
agreed with the Scottish Ministers.
Its aim is to provide an efficient and
integrated environment protection system for Scotland which
will both improve the environment and contribute to the
Executive's goal of sustainable development.
This Ministerial Public Appointment
was made in accordance with the Code of Practice issued by
the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments
(OCPA).
Under OCPA Rules serving Board members are
eligible to be reappointed for a second term.
Sir Ken Collins' first term of office as
Chair of SEPA will come to an end on 31 December 2003.