This working group meets for between September and February to determine the national targets for British Transport Police, and the local targets for each BTP area. These targets are subsequently published in the annual policing plans. Please note that as this is an informal working group, its meetings are not open to the public.
Policing Plan
Chairman
Members
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Lew Adams
Lew Adams (member with knowledge and experience of employee matters) was General Secretary of the Train Drivers Union ASLEF. In this position he provided leadership and direction for the Union through the turbulence created by the Railways Act 1993 which led to the privatization of Britain’s railways. He played a key role in the development of new Industrial Relations and Safety procedures which operated in the rail industry following the the 1993 Act and is considered to be an expert on both subject.Mr Adams is a past chairman of the BRB Pensions Management Committee, and is currently member of Friends of the National Rail Museum and patron to Transport Benevolent Fund.
Lew Adams (member with knowledge and experience of employee matters) was General Secretary of the Train Drivers Union ASLEF. In this position he provided leadership and direction for the Union through the turbulence created by the Railways Act 1993 which led to the privatization of Britain’s railways. He played a key role in the development of new Industrial Relations and Safety procedures which operated in the rail industry following the the 1993 Act and is considered to be an expert on both subject.Mr Adams is a past chairman of the BRB Pensions Management Committee, and is currently member of Friends of the National Rail Museum and patron to Transport Benevolent Fund. -
Elizabeth France
As well as being a member of the Authority, Elizabeth France is Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints, which runs LeO (the Legal Ombudsman service); Chair of the UK Public Affairs Council; Vice President of Aberystwyth University and a member of the General Assembly of Manchester University.Until 1 July 2009 Elizabeth was Chief Ombudsman and Chief Executive of the Ombudsman Service Ltd., which provided the Telecommunications Ombudsman Service (Otelo), the Energy Ombudsman Service and the Surveyors Ombudsman Service. She was a Non Executive Director of the Serious Organised Crime Agency from 2005-2010.
Elizabeth began her career in the Home Office, resigning to become the Data Protection Registrar in September 1994 and becoming Information Commissioner in January 2001.
Elizabeth has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of De Montfort, Loughborough and Bradford and is a Fellow of Aberystwyth University. In June 2002 she was awarded a CBE, for services to data protection.
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David Franks
David is UK trains director for Keolis UK, majority owned by SNCF, overseeing any new rail business acquisitions. He has been working in the rail industry for 38 years, with a career that has taken him from platform to board room. He has held a number of senior posts in the industry, most notably from the onset of privatisation where he was managing director of First North Western and then Southern.
Following these roles David joined National Express in 2003 as divisional director north where he was Chairman of ScotRail, Central Trains, Midland Mainline and Maintrain, before moving on to become managing director of NX’s trains division. He then spent six months in Sweden in the role of interim CEO running the Stockholm metro, before joining Keolis in August 2011. He became the Institution of Railway Operators’ chairman on 1 January 2011.
David was appointed to BTPA’s membership on 1 September 2011.
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Michael Holden
Michael Holden has extensive experience in managing railways and railway projects within the UK and Europe. He started his early career with British Rail as a Traffic Student in 1978, progressing through a variety of local management roles in different regions to become Divisional Operations Manager for the South West Division of Network South East. In 1994 he joined the newly created Railtrack as Production Manager for the South West Zone, subsequently becoming Zone Director for East Anglia and finally Regional Director Southern, transferring to Network Rail in 2002.In 2003 he was appointed Managing Director of Connex South Eastern, one of the UK’s largest and most complex train companies, and immediately found himself negotiating the transition from that franchise into a period of state ownership. He created South Eastern Trains and ran it successfully for a lengthy period until it was re-franchised in April 2006. During this time significant improvements were made in operational and financial performance, as well as in customer satisfaction, and new fleets of trains were successfully introduced into service in difficult circumstances.
In 2006 he set up his own railway management consultancy service, Coledale Consulting, and has continued to run this. He specialises in providing strategic advice to clients on commercial and operational matters, and leading bid teams for franchise and concession competitions. His work has taken him to Scandinavia, Spain and Ireland as well as in the UK.
Michael is a non-executive director of East Coast Main Line Company, the current operator of the Inter City East Coast franchise, and is also a non-executive director of the holding company, Directly Operated Railways.
Michael is married with three children and lives in Woking, Surrey. He is a trustee of Railway Children, the voice for streetchildren worldwide. He is also Chairman of Railway Children Trading Ltd and Railway Children Ball Ltd. In what is left of his spare time he is a qualified judge/starter for the Amateur Swimming Association, Technical Organiser for Woking Swimming Club, and Treasurer of Pinewood Gymnastics Club. He is currently Chairman of Woking 41 Club.
Michael holds a degree in Business Studies from Portsmouth and is a Fellow of the Institution of Railway Operators.
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Lew Adams
Lew Adams (member with knowledge and experience of employee matters) was General Secretary of the Train Drivers Union ASLEF. In this position he provided leadership and direction for the Union through the turbulence created by the Railways Act 1993 which led to the privatization of Britain’s railways. He played a key role in the development of new Industrial Relations and Safety procedures which operated in the rail industry following the the 1993 Act and is considered to be an expert on both subject.Mr Adams is a past chairman of the BRB Pensions Management Committee, and is currently member of Friends of the National Rail Museum and patron to Transport Benevolent Fund.
Lew Adams (member with knowledge and experience of employee matters) was General Secretary of the Train Drivers Union ASLEF. In this position he provided leadership and direction for the Union through the turbulence created by the Railways Act 1993 which led to the privatization of Britain’s railways. He played a key role in the development of new Industrial Relations and Safety procedures which operated in the rail industry following the the 1993 Act and is considered to be an expert on both subject.Mr Adams is a past chairman of the BRB Pensions Management Committee, and is currently member of Friends of the National Rail Museum and patron to Transport Benevolent Fund. -
Elizabeth France
As well as being a member of the Authority, Elizabeth France is Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints, which runs LeO (the Legal Ombudsman service); Chair of the UK Public Affairs Council; Vice President of Aberystwyth University and a member of the General Assembly of Manchester University.Until 1 July 2009 Elizabeth was Chief Ombudsman and Chief Executive of the Ombudsman Service Ltd., which provided the Telecommunications Ombudsman Service (Otelo), the Energy Ombudsman Service and the Surveyors Ombudsman Service. She was a Non Executive Director of the Serious Organised Crime Agency from 2005-2010.
Elizabeth began her career in the Home Office, resigning to become the Data Protection Registrar in September 1994 and becoming Information Commissioner in January 2001.
Elizabeth has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of De Montfort, Loughborough and Bradford and is a Fellow of Aberystwyth University. In June 2002 she was awarded a CBE, for services to data protection.
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David Franks
David is UK trains director for Keolis UK, majority owned by SNCF, overseeing any new rail business acquisitions. He has been working in the rail industry for 38 years, with a career that has taken him from platform to board room. He has held a number of senior posts in the industry, most notably from the onset of privatisation where he was managing director of First North Western and then Southern.
Following these roles David joined National Express in 2003 as divisional director north where he was Chairman of ScotRail, Central Trains, Midland Mainline and Maintrain, before moving on to become managing director of NX’s trains division. He then spent six months in Sweden in the role of interim CEO running the Stockholm metro, before joining Keolis in August 2011. He became the Institution of Railway Operators’ chairman on 1 January 2011.
David was appointed to BTPA’s membership on 1 September 2011.
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Michael Holden
Michael Holden has extensive experience in managing railways and railway projects within the UK and Europe. He started his early career with British Rail as a Traffic Student in 1978, progressing through a variety of local management roles in different regions to become Divisional Operations Manager for the South West Division of Network South East. In 1994 he joined the newly created Railtrack as Production Manager for the South West Zone, subsequently becoming Zone Director for East Anglia and finally Regional Director Southern, transferring to Network Rail in 2002.In 2003 he was appointed Managing Director of Connex South Eastern, one of the UK’s largest and most complex train companies, and immediately found himself negotiating the transition from that franchise into a period of state ownership. He created South Eastern Trains and ran it successfully for a lengthy period until it was re-franchised in April 2006. During this time significant improvements were made in operational and financial performance, as well as in customer satisfaction, and new fleets of trains were successfully introduced into service in difficult circumstances.
In 2006 he set up his own railway management consultancy service, Coledale Consulting, and has continued to run this. He specialises in providing strategic advice to clients on commercial and operational matters, and leading bid teams for franchise and concession competitions. His work has taken him to Scandinavia, Spain and Ireland as well as in the UK.
Michael is a non-executive director of East Coast Main Line Company, the current operator of the Inter City East Coast franchise, and is also a non-executive director of the holding company, Directly Operated Railways.
Michael is married with three children and lives in Woking, Surrey. He is a trustee of Railway Children, the voice for streetchildren worldwide. He is also Chairman of Railway Children Trading Ltd and Railway Children Ball Ltd. In what is left of his spare time he is a qualified judge/starter for the Amateur Swimming Association, Technical Organiser for Woking Swimming Club, and Treasurer of Pinewood Gymnastics Club. He is currently Chairman of Woking 41 Club.
Michael holds a degree in Business Studies from Portsmouth and is a Fellow of the Institution of Railway Operators.
