The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007 created the Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency. The legislation states that the Secretary of State must appoint a Board to constitute the Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency.
The RFA is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Transport, with five members. Recruitment to the board was through open competition and followed guidelines set out by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
Board Members
Chair, Professor Ed Gallagher was previously the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency and National Rivers Authority as well as the Manufacturing Director of Amersham International and the Director of Marketing and Product Development at Black and Decker. He has been the Chair of Energywatch since 2004, and was Governor and then Chair of Middlesex University from 1994-2004.
Nick Goodall became CEO of the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA), the UK's independent sustainable fuels regulator, in July 2008. From May 2003, he established and was Chief Executive of the ENA (electricity and gas transmission and distribution). Concurrently, he was CEO at Renewables East to 2004. He was CEO of BWEA for six years from 1997 and is an honorary life member.
Greg Archer is the Director of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership. He has previously worked for the Carbon Trust and was an Associate Director of Atkins Environment.
Dr Paul Jefferiss is currently Director of Environmental Policy at BP. He was previously Head of Environmental Policy for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is a Non Executive Director of the Carbon Trust and the SITA Trust, a Board Member of the Low-Carbon Vehicle Partnership and a Trustee of the National Energy Foundation.
Gareth Llewellyn is a non-executive director of Biffa plc where he chairs the Board's health, safety and environment committee. He is a member of faculty at Cambridge University, where he speaks on climate change and energy for the Prince of Wales's Cambridge Programme for Industry. Formerly he was Global Director for Corporate Responsibility for National Grid, a non-executive director of National Grid Property Holdings, and a Director of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy.
Brian White is co founder and Director of biofuel trading company, BioenerG Ltd. He is currently Chair of the National Energy Foundation, Non Executive Director of Xaviour Energy Ltd, Chair of Milton Keynes Energy Agency and Chair of the Milton Keynes Enterprise Hub. He was Member of Parliament for North East Milton Keynes between 1997 and 2005.