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  NCB Staff NCB Staff  
 

NCB Staff For 1954

Headquarters

Chairman : Hubert, Sir Houldsworth.
Deputy Chairman : Eric, Sir Coates.
Deputy Chairman : Walter, Sir Drummond.
 

Board

 
Member : W. Bayliss.
Member : Andrew, Sir Bryan.
Member (Scientific) : Charles, Sir Ellis.
Member : J. H. Hambro.
Member : Geoffrey, Sir Heyworth.
Member : Gavin Martin.
Member (Labour Relations) : W. H. Sales.
Member (Manpower and Welfare) : Geoffrey, Sir Vickers.
 

Finance Department

 
Director-General of Finance : J. Latham.
Deputy Director-General of Finance : A. W. John.
Assistant Director-General of Finance : R. Prentice.
Senior Finance Officer (Valuation) : C. V. Bailey.
Senior Finance Officer (Taxation) : R. Larkman.
Senior Finance Officer (Revenue Expenditure) : E. C. Leader.
Senior Finance Officer (General Expenditure) : J. D. Webster.
Finance Officer (Capital Expenditure) : D. J. Barber.
Chief Financial Accountant : G. W. Chappell.
Cost Accountant : A. W. Holdsworth.
Chief Cashier : R. Macfarlane.
Accounts Organisation : D. W. Hooper.
Accounts Organisation : L. G. A. Townsend.
Costs Research Accountant : A. H. Syme.
Chief Internal Auditor : J. O. Davies.
Departmental Secretary : R. H. Griffiths.
 

Labour Releations Department

 
Director-General of Labour Relations : Iestyn E. Williams.
Deputy Director-General of Labour Relations : H. D. L. Minton.
Director of Conciliation : W. R. Picton.
Director of Wages and Intelligence : H. Dudley.
Director of General Branch : C. Ramsell.
Departmental Secretary : A. M. R. Topham.
 

Legal Department

 
Legal Adviser : Donald H. Haslam.
Head of Common Law Branch : J. Leslie.
Consultant in Mining Law : A. B. C. Gibson.
Head of Parliamentary and Estates Branch : F. H. E. Townshend-Rose.
Departmental Secretary : P. Rae-Scott.
 

Marketing Department

 
Director-General of Marketing : William, Sir McGilvray.
Deputy Director-General of Marketing (General) : R. J. Moffatt.
Deputy Director-General of Marketing (Commercial Operations) : R. H. E. Thomas.
Departmental Secretary : G. E. C. Pratt.
 

Carbonisation Department

 
Director-General : Dr. R. J. Morley.
Assistant Director of Carbonisation : H. D. Greenwood.
Head of Contracts Branch : H. F. Kimbell.
Head of Branch (Chemical Engineering and Briquetting) : A. K. Steel.
Departmental Secretary : A. R. L. Matthaei.
 

Manpower and Welfare Department

 
Director-General : J. MacDonald.
Director-General : G. Essame.
Director of Recruitment and Training : J. Armstrong.
Head of Recruitment and Welfare Branch : W. P. Speake.
Head of Training Branch : M. J. M. Swanney.
Head of Education Branch : C. McCaw.
Chief Medical Officer : Dr. J. M. Rogan.
Departmental Secretary : J. H. Hughes.
 

Production Department

 
Director-General of Production : E. H. Browne.
Assistant to Director-General of Production : J. H. Plumptre.
Assistant to Director-General of Production : H. J. Widdowson.
Chief Planning Engineer : F. Marsh.
Chief Mining Surveyor : O. F. Wooding.
Adviser on Continental Mining Methods : Ir. J. Bakker.
Chief Geologist : J. K. Allan.
Chief Mechanisation Engineer : I. G. E. Leek.
Chief Safety Engineer : W. F. Richardson.
Chief Mining Operations Engineer : Dr. H. L. Willett.
Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer : B. L. Metcalf.
Chief Mechanical Engineer : D. N. Walker.
Chief Electrical Engineer (Mining) : (Vacant) .
Chief Civil Engineer : A. Young.
Chief Coal Preparation Engineer : A. Grounds.
Supplies Controller : W. A. Bell.
Head of Mining Timber Branch : G. E. Hampson.
Head of Secretariat : L. G. Lowry.
Assistant Secretary : L. S. Scott-Edeson.
Assistant Secretary : D. F. Smith.
 

Scientific Department

 
Director-General : Dr. Idris Jones.
Director of Extramural Research (A) : A. Whitaker.
Director of Scientific Control : D. Hicks.
Deputy Director of Scientific Control (Coal Survey) : A. M. Wandless.
Deputy Director of Scientific Control : F. C. Marrison.
Departmental Secretary : J. A. Field.
 

Secretary’s Department

 
Secretary : C. A. Roberts.
Deputy Secretary and Director of Establishments : E. L. Turnbull.
Ecomonic Adviser : E. F. Schumacher.
Director of Establishments (Finance) : H. W. Naish.
Director of Public Relations : Guy, Sir Nott-Bower.
Registrar of Assets : A. E. Horton.
Chief Statistician : R. F. George.
Patents Officer : I. Sclare.

 

Source

1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian

 

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