Department for Transport Capital Review Panel

An advisory panel which provides independent advice to the Secretary of State for Transport on strategic considerations for the department’s capital portfolio.

Background

The Secretary of State for Transport announced an internal review of the Department for Transport’s capital portfolio in July 2024.

The panel is made up of independent experts from industry, academia and civil society, whose participation is voluntary and not remunerated.

The panel has been convened to provide strategic advice to inform the Secretary of State’s decisions on the department’s capital portfolio. It has no formal legal status and as such is not set up under the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.

The panel is supported by a secretariat within the Department for Transport.

The proceedings and discussions of the panel, and its advice to the Secretary of State, are confidential to the department and the panel. Any decision to make the panel’s conclusions public shall be for ministers in consultation with the panel chair.

Membership

The Secretary of State for Transport appoints members from industry, academia and civil society with relevant expertise. The current members of the panel are:

  • Rachel Skinner CBE, Executive Director at WSP (Chair)
  • Professor Jillian Anable, Chair in Transport and Energy, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
  • Alexander Budzier, CEO and Co-Founder of Oxford Global Projects and Fellow in Management Practice in the Field of Information Systems, University of Oxford
  • Dr Michèle Dix CBE, Commissioner, National Infrastructure Commission
  • Tom Forth, Head of Data, Open Innovations, and CTO and Co-Founder, Data City
  • Steve Gooding, Director, RAC Foundation
  • Nicola Kane, Director, Steer
  • Professor Glenn Lyons, Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility, University of the West of England, Bristol
  • David Milner, Managing Director, Create Streets
  • Ben Plowden, Associate, PA Consulting and Chair, Transport Planning Society
  • Dr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Chief Executive, New Economics Foundation
  • Adam Tranter, Former West Midlands Cycling and Walking Commissioner
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