Annual Report 2002—2003 - Air Transport Users Council

Gary MillsGary Mills is a regional manager of a national retail bank and is Chairman of theBuilding Societies Association/Council of Mortgage Lenders Committee for NorthernIreland. He has been a member of a number of consumer bodies, including theGeneral Consumer Council for Northern Ireland. He flies frequently between NorthernIreland and the rest of the UK.Neill MitchellNeill Mitchell is the Chief Executive of the Devon and Cornwall Business Council andlives on the edge of Dartmoor. His career has spanned the public, private andvoluntary sectors. He travels frequently by air, and takes a particular interest in theavailability and quality of UK regional air services and airports. He is a member of theRail Passengers Committee for Western England.Colin PollardColin Pollard lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. For twenty-five years he served at boardlevel with various regional airlines. He now runs his own consultancy practice andcontinues to travel regularly by air for both business and leisure. He takes a particularinterest in customer service and contractual issues.Michael W PughMichael Pugh lives in Wrexham and was a fire officer in a local authority for twenty-nineyears up to his retirement. He now works in the private sector as a Fire EquipmentAdviser. He also sits as a Rota Chairman on the Wrexham Maelor Magistrates Benchand is a member of North Wales Magistrates Court Committee. He represents theAUC on the Liverpool Consultative Committee.Chris SantryChris Santry lives in Buckinghamshire, and is the Managing Director of a companysupplying consumable products to the retail motor trade, which was the subject of amanagement buyout early in 2001. She previously spent more than twenty years in thedirect marketing industry, including a short stint as a plc board director. She hastravelled extensively throughout the world, primarily for pleasure, and has recentlystarted flying lessons.Peter SmartPeter Smart is a senior lecturer at Aberdeen Business School. He averages aboutsixty to seventy flights a year on business and for pleasure, across most continents,enabling him to compare internationally the complete flying experience. He representsthe AUC on the Aberdeen Airport Consultative Committee.23