 DRIVER & VEHICLE TESTING - NEW DIRECTOR
Formerly head of Viridian subsidiary Sx3, Mr Brady is currently managing director of Consult Nb1 Ltd, which provides executive support services to a range of national and international companies.
DVTA Chief Executive Stanley Duncan welcomed the appointment and said: "This is an important new development for DVTA, and we are delighted to have attracted a non-executive director of this calibre. Mr Brady will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in both private and public sectors, and a fresh, external perspective to the management of the Agency."
Mr Brady said he is looking forward to getting involved: "DVTA has been through a very difficult period. However, I have the utmost regard for the work that the Agency does, and I hope that my background and experience will help it to meet the challenges that lie ahead."
NOTES TO EDITORS:
The Driver & Vehicle Testing Agency (DVTA) is an Executive Agency within DOE. Its primary aim is to promote road safety through its testing and roadside enforcement activities.
The Agency employs some 500 staff and operates from 15 test centres, two driving test centres and six theory test centres throughout NI. In 2004-05 it carried out 474,000 vehicle tests, 43,720 theory tests and 46,000 practical driving tests.
The Agency operates as a trading fund and as such has to ensure that all costs are covered from fees charged to customers. During the current year the Agency's fee income is estimated to be just under £24 million.
Mr Brady has been a leading member of the business community in Northern Ireland for many years. Currently managing director of his own company, Consult Nb1 Ltd, which provides executive support services to a range of national and international companies, he is also a non-executive director of Real Time Systems Ltd, an ICT company based in Carryduff, chairman of the Northern Branch of the Sales Institute of Ireland, and a member of the Northern Ireland Committee of the Institute of Directors. He has also been recently appointed as a member of Northern Ireland Holding Company Ltd.
For more information on Consult Nb1 Limited see www.nb1.co.uk
More information about DVTA can be found on the Agency's website at www.doeni.gov.uk/dvta.
For media information contact DOE Press Office, 028 9054 0003
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