The Right Honourable MP, Secretary of State for
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has appointed Adrian
Penfold, Emir Feisal and Oliver Munn as Non-Executive Members of
the Planning Inspectorate Board.
Adrian Penfold and Oliver Munn have been appointed for a term of
3 years from 01 October 2023 until 30 September 2026.
Emir Feisal has been appointed as Chair of Audit and Risk
Assurance Committee for a term of 4 years from 01 October 2023
until 30 September 2027.
As members of the Planning Inspectorate Board, Non-Executive
Directors contribute to providing collective strategic leadership
to the organisation. The Board is an advisory Board and is
responsible for ensuring the Inspectorate fulfils the aims and
objectives of the Strategic Plan; that work reflects the
priorities set by the Secretary of State; and complies with the
requirements relating to the use of public funds.
Non-Executive Directors are ministerial appointments for a period
of up to 3 years. Positions are appointed following fair and open
competition.
Adrian Penfold
Adrian joined British Land as Head of Planning following his time
working for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council,
as Chief Planner at Dartford Borough Council, and at the London
Docklands Development Corporation. He was a member of the Barker
Review of Land Use Planning Panel of Experts and, in 2010,
published the independent Penfold Review of Non-Planning
Consents. He was a member of the Local Plan Expert Group which
reported in 2016. He was non-executive chair of the built
environment charity Design South East from 2015 to 2021. He
joined the Governing Council of the University of Warwick in
2016, and is also chair of the Estates and Environment Committee.
He was a Commissioner on the Building Better Building Beautiful
Commission which published its final report, Living with Beauty,
in 2020, and is a member of the Office for Place Board.
Emir Feisal
Emir is a Chartered Accountant and a specialist in
transformational change. The majority of his career was spent at
the Sunday Times as Associate Managing Editor. He now holds a
portfolio of Non Executive directorships, including being the
Chair of Audit on a number of Boards.
He is a Commissioner for the Judicial Appointments Commission.
His present portfolio consists of being on the Boards of the
Disclosure Barring Service, the Driver & Vehicle Standards
Agency, the Bar Standards Board, British Transport Police
Authority, the Honours Committee and as a trustee of The Charity. He is involved in a
number of initiatives in the diversity and inclusion arena. He
has held non-executive board member positions with The Serious
Fraud Office, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning group, and the
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, amongst
others.
Oliver Munn
Oliver Munn is an operational transformation expert and senior
civil servant who currently serves as the UK Health Security
Agency’s Director General Health Protection Operations. In that
role, he oversees the operational response to outbreaks of
infectious diseases and other health threats in England. He also
leads a modernisation programme that is upgrading legacy IT
systems and streamlining manual processes, aiming to improve the
experience of users and staff. Before joining UKHSA, Oliver
worked at the Cabinet Office where he was Director of Testing and
Tracing Delivery in the COVID-19 Task Force from April 2020 to
March 2022. Prior to that, he worked at McKinsey & Company,
helping public and private sector organisations to modernise and
transform their operations.
Commenting on the new appointments, Chair of the Planning
Inspectorate Board, Trudi Elliott said:
I want to thank our outgoing Non-Executive Directors Rebecca
Driver, Stephen Tetlow and Sally Dixon. Rebecca and Stephen have
had their contracts extended until 30 September.
Adrian, Emir and Oliver together have a wealth of experience
across the planning sector and in senior executive roles. I am
looking forward to working with them and believe they will all
bring a lot to the Inspectorate.
Chief Executive Paul Morrison said:
I am pleased to welcome our new Non-Executive Directors to the
Inspectorate and look forward to working with them.
I also echo Trudi’s message of thanks to Rebecca, Stephen and
Sally for all they have done for the Inspectorate.
