LDA appoints Adams as new legal chief
The London Development Agency (LDA) has named National Air Traffic Services (NATS) head of legal Debbie Adams as its new general counsel. Adams takes over from interim LDA general counsel Mick Lancaster, who is set to return to his former position as legal head of corporate and commercial when Adams joins the body on July 3. She will report to LDA director of resources and risk Andrew Travers.
April 20, 2007 at 11:19 AM
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The London Development Agency (LDA) has named National Air Traffic Services (NATS) head of legal Debbie Adams as its new general counsel.
Adams takes over from interim LDA general counsel Mick Lancaster, who is set to return to his former position as legal head of corporate and commercial when Adams joins the body on July 3. She will report to LDA director of resources and risk Andrew Travers.
She will be replaced as director of legal and commercial services at NATS by senior legal adviser Richard Churchill Coleman.
Prior to joining NATS, Adams was head of legal at Angel Trains, a rolling stock company owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland. She has also worked as in-house at Eurotunnel and project management group Harland & Wolff.
Commenting on her new role, Adams told Legal Week: "One of the biggest attractions of the role for me was the involvement I would have with the 2012 Olympics and dealing with the Olympic legacy to make sure the regeneration benefits are really felt."
The LDA general counsel role has been vacant since Thelma Stober quit the body to join the Greater London Authority (GLA) as its head of legal last November. Stober had replaced Howard Carter, who left the GLA in September to head up the legal department at Transport for London.
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