Management Team
James Gibson – Executive Director
James manages the charitable side of Road Safety GB’s work, reporting to the charity’s board of trustees, and the business/trading side which is conducted through RSGB International. James has over 20 years’ experience in the road safety profession having had a successful career in both local government and the police.
Sam Merison – Chair
Sam Merison is the road safety manager for both the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames and Wandsworth Council. Sam has more than 17 years’ experience of working in road safety within local authorities, predominantly education and training.
Nicola Foster – Vice-chair
As the chair of the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP), Nicola is leading the charge for Vision Zero and the safe system approach in Essex (which includes Southend and Thurrock).
Director of Finance – Pending
Will Cubbin – Director of Research
Will Cubbin is the manager of the Safer Essex Roads Partnership. From 2014 to 2022, he was the partnership’s strategy analyst, developing the role from a straightforward performance monitoring and data reporting function, to proactively identifying and researching priority areas for road safety activity.
Bill Smith – Director of Communications
Bill has had a career in road safety engineering and education spanning over 40 years in both local government and the private sector. Much of this time was spent working in Scotland with Strathclyde Roads and Glasgow City Council. During this time Bill sat on and chaired various Road Safety Scotland and National RoSPA road safety committees. This follows a period of time working nationally and internationally as business development director for an award winning road safety education and communication organisation.
June Howlett – Company Secretary
June joined Buckinghamshire Council in 2002 and is responsible for the delivery of road safety education, training and publicity across the county including Buckinghamshire’s Mature Driver Assessments.
01296 382338 | Email
Jackie Bratley – Finance and Governance
Jackie became Road Safety GB finance administrator in April 2016. Prior to this she spent eight years as National Standard Instructor Trainer and manager of the Instructor Training Organisation for Durham County Council.
07774 922086 | Email