Panel Members

 
Robert Powell

Robert Powell is a Senior Fair Trading Officer employed by Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Trading Standards Department involved in enforcing Trading Standards legislation for 20 years, with a specialist interest in the motor trade and safety issues, and has been a panel member of the Charter since its inception. He is currently the Chair of the Motor Trade Charter Administrative Panel. He has been an Approved Forecourt Inspector since 1997 and has enjoyed and suffered (with equal measure) running many classic cars during the length of his driving career.

Julie Graham

Julie Graham has worked for the local authority for the past 20 years, and for the past 13 has been a Fair Trading Officer within the Consumer Advice Section of Trading Standards helping consumers achieve fair redress when Traders are unsure of the legal obligation to their customers.

Brian Lee

Brian Lee is the proprietor of Bodily cars and has been trading in the motor trade for 16 years, of which 11 of those years he has been a member of the FTC. Brian takes an active role as a member of the FTC panel.

David Pike

Dave Pike is the Proprietor of Checkpoint Garage and has been in the motor trade for 40 years starting off as an apprentice with Thomas Evans Corona. He then went on to form his own business Checkpoint Garage which has been trading for the past 33 years from East Street, Trallwn.He is a founder Panel Member of the Fair Trade Charter and also believes it to be beneficial to both his business and the local community offering fair and practical advice and mediation.

Marc Jordan

Marc is the manager of Road Runner Motorparts and has been with the company for over 12 years. Has a wealth of knowledge, experience and enthusiasm for all things motoring related, and takes an active role within the FTC

Nick Harper

Nicholas Harper has been employed by Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Trading Standards Department as a Fair Trading Officer for over 8 years and now deals with legislation affecting the motor trade. He joined the panel in the summer of 2010.In his early years he represented the Royal Navy in Rugby Union, but age has now led him into the sedentary joys of watching the game rather than participating.