Jean Coussins
Jean Coussins, former chief executive of The Portman Group was appointed to the Alcohol Education and Research Council in a blaze of controversy, many alcohol researchers and profesionals have slammed the decision to appoint her. THey argue that The Portman Group is a lobby group for the alcohol industry and the research undertaken by the AERC could be undermined by the inclusion of an industry insider onto the board.
Jean Coussins is also a member of the "independent" Better Regulations Commission, which was untill 2006 known as The Better Regulation Task Force. It has a role to ensure that regulation and its enforcement are proportionate, accountable, consistent, transparent and targeted. The body advises the Government on better regulation and the reduction of unnecessary regulatory burdens. Commission's expertise lies in the regulation affecting business, the voluntary and community sector, and in European matters.
- Steven Gould, Director of Professional Regulation and Consumer Protection at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS);
- Philip Jansen, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive of Sodexho UK & Ireland;
- Lord James Lindsay, Chair of the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS);
- Sharmit Saggar, Professor of Political Science at the University of Sussex and Non–Executive Chairman of the Consumer Complaints Board at the Law Society of England & Wales;
- Simon Walker, Director of Corporate Affairs at Reuters Group plc;
- Professor Helen Wallace, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute, Italy.
- Teresa Graham,
- Jean Coussins,
- Michael Gibbons,
- Ian Peters,
- Penelope Rowlatt,
- Janet Russell,
- Eve Salomon
- Sarah Veale.
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