Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State | DfT
As keynote speaker, Baroness Vere will share with us wider developments to road safety strategy, and other key projects the Department is engaged in to improve our roads and wider transport infrastructure. She’ll also take questions from delegates.
Baroness Vere has responsibility for:
- Roads (including Highways England)
- Motoring agencies (DVSA, DVLA, VCA)
- Buses and taxis
- Light rail (including tram, underground and metro systems)
- Devolution (including union connectivity and London transport)
Loveday Ryder
Chief Executive | DVSA
The DVSA Chief Executive will join us to offer an update on the agency’s post-pandemic recovery efforts and other key developments to driver and rider training, testing and regulation.
The chief executive is responsible for the overall management of the agency, including:
- Operations and enforcement
- Digital services and technology
- People, communication and engagement
- Finance and corporate services
- Policy, strategy, planning and performance
Carly Brookfield
Chief executive | Driving Instructors Association
Our CEO Carly has over 20 years experience in helping to develop organisations. A marketing and communications professional by background she has worked across a variety of sectors (including charity, financial services, medical, education and insurance) in a range of senior roles.
Howard Redwood
Head of road safety | Driving Instructors Association
Howard brings 18 years’ experience as an ADI covering transport and fleet as well as the provisional car and motorcycle sectors. His wide knowledge of road safety is put to good use on the DIA Helpdesk.
Do you have concerns about how your data gets used, or want to learn more about it?
Howard will drill down into how and what data is used and address some of the big questions and concerns about how trainer performance is assessed now, as well as how the regulator may develop its approach in the future.
Andy Appleby
Business Operations Director | HE-MAN Dual Controls Ltd
San Harper
Mindfulness & Compassion Coach | Guild of Mindful Driver Trainers
San Harper has been an ADI for 18 years and is also a teacher of Mindfulness and Compassion. San has been delivering her best selling course Mindfulness & Compassion for Driver and Rider Trainers in association with the DIA with great success.
Nigel Robinson
National ADI Scheme Manager
Nigel Robinson became National ADI/Delegated Delivery Manager in January 2020. Nigel is responsible for the ADI scheme as well as supervision of Delegated/MOD/CPC Module 4 and module 3A external examiners/assessors.
Prior to this Nigel was the ADI Manager for North-West of England and Wales.
Nigel has had many roles within DVSA and is multi skilled in all disciplines of testing. During his 28-year career he been predominantly involved in all aspects of ADI including training ADI examiners. Nigel was also an ADI for 12 years.
His wealth of expertise and experience was key to the development and implementation of the ADI engagement call and Test Information Program, which supports the ADI industry.
Laura Great-Rex
Head of Enforcement Relationship Management
Laura Great-Rex became DVSA’s Head of Enforcement Relationship Management in September 2021, a new role created to further develop effective customer relationships to support the Enforcement strategy of enable, prevent and respond.
Laura has responsibility for the development and leadership of DVSA’s Earned Recognition (ER) scheme, the Remote Enforcement Office (REO), MOT approvals and the Strategic Traffic Management Office (STMO).
Previously Laura was Head of Enforcement Delivery, leading dispersed teams of Traffic, Vehicle and ADI Examiners. The team’s duties included mechanical roadworthiness checks, checks on driver’s hours, accreditation and monitoring of MOT stations, and qualifying tests for driving instructors, and supervision of Delegated and MOD Examiners.
With years of ADI experience Laura introduced the ADI engagement call and Test Information Program, to support the ADI industry and the recovery of ADI tests post pandemic.
James Stringer
Chief Operating Officer | Tacita
James Armstrong
Chief Executive Officer | Veygo
James was a Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting and Senior Actuarial Manager at Lloyds Banking Group, before joining Admiral Group in 2014. James held the position of Chief Risk Officer until January 2022, when he moved over to Veygo, part of Admiral Pioneer as the new CEO to lead the mobility business.
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