Standards Policy

The Standards Policy team falls under the direct responsibility of the Director of Standards. It has three main areas of activity and responsibility:

to be the principal link between BSI and its international counterpart organizations. The External Policy team co-ordinates the formal relationship with other national standards organizations and participates in the management structures of ISO, IEC, CEN and CENELEC
to coordinate BSI’s relationship with Central and Local Government departments and agencies
to manage BSI’s activities as the National Standards Body
to engage with universities, trade associations and professional bodies to support the teaching of standards, and provide ways for postgraduates and early career professionals to get involved in standards-making

David Bell

Director of Standards Policy

The Standards Policy team is headed by David Bell. As well as leading the team in BSI David is a member of the Policy and Finance committees of CEN and CENELEC, chairs the CEN/CENELEC working group on outreach to small and medium enterprises, and is a former chairman of the CEN Certification Board. David was a member of the CEN Administrative Board for 10 years and is a former member of the Advisory Board of the European association of national accreditation bodies (EA).

Email: david.bell@bsigroup.com

Telephone: +44 20 8996 6347

Amanda Richardson

Head of External Policy

Amanda is responsible for BSIs external policy activities, leading the development of BSI policy and strategies for influencing the International (ISO, IEC) and European (CEN, CENELEC, ETSI) environments, this includes responsibility for ensuring the implementation of the policy decisions agreed by those organizations. The environment covers a broad range of issues, from detailed technical policy through to the governance of the European and International organizations. In addition, there is a focus on influencing policy initiatives coming from the European Commission and engaging with UK government on policy development.

Amanda is the BSI member of the ISO Technical Management Board (TMB). This is a primary influencing role sitting at the core of ISO’s governance structure.

Email: amanda.richardson@bsigroup.com

Telephone: +44 20 8996 7452

Peter Sissons

International Engagement

The international engagement team develops and nurtures BSI’s bilateral and multilateral international relationships with key international stakeholders; in line with UK economic priorities and BSI’s strategic objectives.

The international engagement team facilitates and deepens BSI’s international relationships with standards development organizations around the world, including other national standards bodies, regional bodies, and industry consortia. These relationships provide opportunities to increase the international use of BSI’s standards to open and expand opportunities for UK companies to trade internationally, for businesses to share best practice and for BSI to support donor-funded international projects; maximising opportunities for the benefit of BSI and its UK stakeholders.

A successful example of engagement includes the development of the UK China Standardization Cooperation Commission (SCC) in partnership with the Standardization Administration of China (SAC), which provides a platform to coordinate standardization activity, promote economic and technical cooperation and facilitate bilateral trade. The SCC has developed a framework for the mutual recognition of British and Chinese standards and two working groups focusing on Smart Cities and Civil Nuclear Energy.

Email: peter.sissons@bsigroup.com

Telephone: +44 20 8996 7516

Steve Brunige

Head of Industry and Government Engagement

Steve is responsible for BSI’s engagement, as the UK’s National Standards Body, with industry and government stakeholders. This includes understanding their current and future needs for standards and raising awareness of the benefits that voluntary, consensus-based standards provide to the UK economy through helping businesses become more productive, efficient and innovative. Steve also engages across government to communicate the opportunities for government to use standards to achieve its policy objectives and as an alternative to regulation.

Steve also oversees BSI’s relationships with committee members and with organisations that nominate individuals for membership of standards-making committees.

Email: steve.brunige@bsigroup.com

Telephone: +44 20 8996 7517

Richard Collin

Head of European and National Policy

Richard Collin leads BSI’s consumer and public interest policy and engagement, managing the team that runs BSI’s Consumer and Public Interest Network. Richard is responsible for BSI’s policy development on the relationship between standards and regulation, with a particular focus on European public policy and EU affairs. Richard is also BSI Standards lead on all issues concerning Brexit.

Email: richard.collin@bsigroup.com

Telephone: +44 20 8996 7502

Martin Danvers

Head of Technical Policy

Martin co-ordinates BSI policy on European standardization matters and sits on the technical boards of both CEN and CENELEC. He is also responsible for UK NSB matters and acts as secretary to SPSC and to the British Electrotechnical Committee (BEC), in which capacity he co-ordinates electrotechnical policy in BSI.

Email: Martin.danvers@bsigroup.com

Telephone: +44 20 8996 7753