The Road Safety Trust welcomes three new Trustees
From L-R: Dr Nick Reed, Emma Kelly and Peter Williams
The Road Safety Trust is pleased to announce three new additions to the charity’s Board of Trustees.
Dr Nick Reed, Emma Kelly and Peter Williams are the new Trustees, bringing a wealth of skills and experience to support the Trust’s vision of achieving a road network with zero deaths or serious injuries.
For the last 20 years, Dr Nick Reed has worked consistently at the cutting edge of mobility research with a focus on road safety and transport technologies.
In 2019, he founded Reed Mobility – an independent expert consultancy on future mobility working across public, private and academic sectors to deliver transport systems that are safe, clean, efficient, ethical and equitable.
In November 2021, he was appointed as the first ever Chief Road Safety Advisor to National Highways, providing review and challenge to the organisation in its aim to deliver Vision Zero on the national strategic road network.
Dr Reed joins the Trust’s Road Safety Initiatives Committee.
Dr Reed said: “The Road Safety Trust provides a fantastic route to support for projects and research that contribute to reducing risk of harm for all road users.
“I am really excited to bring my experience across the road safety sector to the review and selection of activities that the Trust will fund and working with the fantastic trustees and wider team on delivering the organisation's objectives.”
Emma Kelly works as an independent specialist for Road Safety Support (RSS) and Road Safety Support International (RSSi).
Her role as the Development, PR, and Advocacy Manager involves working with police forces, road safety partnerships and stakeholders in both the UK and internationally to develop robust road safety strategies and policies.
In addition, she advises on marketing and communications strategies; from strategic planning and implementation though to monitoring and evaluation.
Emma has spoken at conferences and presented at a number of workshops both in the UK and Internationally on speed management, focusing specifically on the importance of a strong enforcement strategy, supported by effective communications and the critical function of ASE in reducing road death and injury.
Emma said: “I am delighted and honoured to join The Road Safety Trustt as a new board member. It is a wonderful opportunity to help make a difference and contribute to the direction of the charity.
“The Road Safety Trust is one of the most influential charities dedicated to making UK roads safer for all road users. The trust has exciting plans for the next few years and I’m really looking forward to being a part of it and championing the great work of the team.”
Peter Williams is a Senior Civil Servant, and Deputy Director, Internal Audit Specialisms at the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA).
He leads GIAA’s Digital, Data and Technology, Programme and Project Management, Commercial and Grants teams, which provide internal audit and advisory services to most central government departments and their arm’s length bodies.
Peter regularly presents to the internal audit profession on subjects ranging from leadership, artificial intelligence, data strategy and cyber security.
A chartered accountant and chartered internal auditor, Peter started his career as an external auditor with Deloitte before spending around 15 years in a variety of private sector internal audit roles. Prior to joining the Civil Service in July 2021, he spent two years in Regulation, leading the RICS’s Profession Support and Assurance EMEA teams.
Peter joins the Trust’s Audit and Risk Committee.
Peter said: “I'm delighted to join The Road Safety Trust's Board and Audit and Risk Committee, and look forward to applying my audit and risk experience in support of its objective to make UK roads safer for all users.”
Tony Fuller, chair of The Road Safety Trust, said: “We are delighted to announce the appointments of three new Trustees.
“Nick, Emma and Peter are all highly successful and experienced in their respective fields, and bring their wealth of experience to the Board to help us further our work on achieving zero deaths and serious injuries on UK roads.”
The Road Safety Trust is an independent grant-giving Trust, supporting projects and research that make UK roads safer for all road users.
The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees. There are currently 14 trustees with a range of suitable skills and backgrounds. Trustees are required to retire every three years and may offer themselves for reappointment for a further period of three years.