UK's first e-envoy appointed
Published: 13 Sep 1999 15:32 BST
The UK's first e-envoy, former civil servant and High Commissioner to Australia Alex Allen was appointed Monday by the Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Allen who starts his new job in January, will have a wide brief. His five main areas of responsibility are: galvanising British firms to take up the challenges of e-commerce, pushing forward the Modernising Government agenda, representing UK e-commerce interests internationally, working to ensure the benefits of e-commerce are available to all sectors of society and ensuring effective co-ordination between government departments.
Allen, who previously worked as Tony Blair's principle private secretary, will have a hotline direct to the Prime Minister and will work closely with new e-Minister Patricia Hewitt.
Rising to the challenge of his post, Allen reassured industry that government had learnt a valuable lesson on regulation. "It will be light-touch regulation, it is important not to put regulatory burdens on the industry," he said.
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