3. ALASTAIR PEOPLES
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Alastair Peoples has spent practically his entire career in enforcement of road vehicles and drivers. He joined VOSA in 2004 as operations director after 26 years at the Driver & Vehicle Testing Agency in Northern Ireland. He moved on to become strategy & performance director and deputy chief executive in April 2008. In January 2009, he was named acting chief executive following Stephen Tetlow's departure. He was then confirmed as chief executive six months later.
And what a time to take charge of VOSA! Criticised by TCs, operators, industry stakeholders (especially over ATFs), and its own staff, VOSA is under attack on all sides, while struggling/ failing to operate within its means.
We need VOSA: we need it do its job well: and we need it to have the funding to do that job. Quite how Peoples can ensure these targets are achieved while fire-fighting on so many fronts remains to be seen.