Farewell to the NCC
Today the National Consumer Council – which was created by a Labour Government in 1975 – had its last Council meeting and a farewell reception for stakeholders. On 1 October, the NCC will merge with Energywatch and Postwatch to form a new stronger consumer body called Consumer Focus.
I am currently on the Council of Postwatch and the Board of Consumer Focus and I went along to the reception. It was addressed by Maurice Healy who was Chief Executive of the NCC from 1986-1991 and recounted some tales from that time.
Maurice was preceded as CEO by Jeremy Mitchell (1977-1985) who was until recently a member of the Ofcom Consumer Panel; he was followed as CEO by Ruth Evans (1992-1998) who is just about to finish being Vice-Chair of the Panel and then by Anna Bradley (1999-2002) who has recently become Chair of the Panel. Since I am a member of the Ofcom Consumer Panel, I have worked with all three of these colleagues – small world.
The last Chief Executive of the NCC was Ed Mayo (2003-2008) who is now the dynamic CEO of Consumer Focus where I am enjoying working with him