Our governance
The main decision-making, executive and managerial bodies at the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA).
TRA Board
Members are:
- Nick Baird – Chair
- Jessica Blakely – Chief Executive (jobshare)
- Carmen Suarez – Chief Executive (jobshare)
- John Alty CB – Non-Executive Director
- Guita Blake – Non-Executive Director
- Clare Brodie – General Counsel
- Patricia F. Gallan QPM – Non-Executive Director
- John Hughes – Non-Executive Director
- Adam Marshall – Senior Independent Director
- Steven O’Donoghue – Director of Corporate Services
The TRA maintains a register of board members’ interests.
Read the TRA Board’s terms of reference.
Read the Scheme of Delegation by the TRA Board.
Read the Framework Document for the TRA.
Read the public minutes of the TRA Board meetings.
TRA Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC)
Members are:
- John Hughes – Chair of ARAC
- John Alty CB – Non-Executive Director
- Guita Blake – Non-Executive Director
- Nicki Holt - Independent Member of ARAC
Read the ARAC’s terms of reference.
TRA Remuneration Committee (RemCo)
Members are:
- Adam Marshall – Chair of RemCo
- Nick Baird – Non-Executive Director
- Patricia F. Gallan QPM - Non-Executive Director
Read the RemCo’s terms of reference.
Executive Committee
Members are:
- Jessica Blakely – Chief Executive (jobshare)
- Carmen Suarez – Chief Executive (jobshare)
- Aproop Bhave – Chief Economist
- Clare Brodie – General Counsel
- Michelle Cupples – Director, Communications & External Affairs
- Katherine Newton-McGee - Director, Investigations Delivery (maternity cover – jobshare)
- Steven O’Donoghue – Director of Corporate Services
- Emily Shirtcliff – Director, Investigations Delivery
- Harriet Smith – Director, Investigations Delivery (maternity cover – jobshare)
Read the ExCo’s terms of reference.