INQ00002029 - Post Office Horizon Inquiry Phase 7 - Witness Statements to be read into the record

Evidence on official site

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Witness statements to be read into the record
13 November 2024

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David Farry Former Subpostmaster ] WITNO2850100

Julie Kay (nee Former Subpostmaster WITNO09020200
Wolstenholme)

(second statement)

Siema Kamran Former Subpostmaster WITNO9060100
John Kenneth Family member of former WITNO6070100
Macaldowie Subpostmaster

Tracy Ann Merrit Former Subpostmaster WITNO2690100

Robert Thompson Former Subpostmaster WITNO2220100

Alison Jane Clark

David John Courtley

Paul Anthony Gardner
Russell Paul Hancock

Davyd Nash

Jane Smith
Philippa Wright

RN

Head of Network Monitoring and = WITNO3660100
Reconciliation, POL

Former Chief Operating Officer and WITNO3530100
Chief Executive Officer, ICL

Pathway

Former Fujitsu Employee WITNO9550100

Supply Chain Director, POL WITNO3670100
POL employee WITN05850100

Former POL employee WITN05690100
Former POL employee WITN0O5940100

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Malcolm MacDonald Employee at Crown Office and WITN11690100
Macleod Procurator Fiscal Service
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Name

URN

Alan Barrie

Simon Baker

Peter Batten

Sir Donald Hood Brydon
David John Cavender KC
Catherine Churchard

Jeremy Ewart Cope
(Jerry Cope)
Peter Corbett

David Courtley

~ Former POL employee

Former POL employee
Former employee, ShEx
Former Chair of RMG and POL
Commercial Barrister

Former RMG Director of Legal
Services

Former Group Managing Director,
POL

Former Finance Director at POL

Former Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Executive Officer, ICL Pathway

WITN11200100
WITN04730100
WITN11540100
WITN10320100
WITN10630100
WITN11230100

WITNO3410100

WITN11160100
WITN03530200

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Gareth Davies Permanent Secretary of the WITN11020100
Department of Business and Trade WITN11020200
WITN11020300
Dr Naranker Dulay Imperial College London Reader in WITN11070100
Computing Science and Potential
replacement Horizon IT Expert for POL

Douglas Evans Former General Counsel of RMG WITN11240100
Richard Phillip Francis Former Operations Director at POL WITN11210100

Andy Furey National Officer, Communication WITNO0340100
Workers Union

Roger Gilbert Former employee of Fujitsu Services WITNO3550100
Limited

William (Billy) Hayes Former General Secretary of the WITN10060100
Communication Workers Union

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Name I URN

Darren Heilig Assistant General Counsel, Group WITN11030100
Corporate and Finance and Deputy WITN11030200
Company Secretary at RUG

Jane Hill Former Director of Public Affairs, POL WITN10680100

Jonathan Hill Compliance Director, POL WITN11110100
WITN11110200

Andy Holt Former POL employee WITN11040100

Gareth James Former Partner at Deloitte WITNO9750100

Sir Sajid Javid Former Secretary of State for Business, WITN10880100
Innovation and Skills

The Rt. Hon. Alan Former General Secretary of the WITN0O3380200

Johnson (second Communication Workers Union

statement)

Phase 5/6 cont.

Name

Professor Jeff Kramer

Sir Norman Lamb

John Lloyd

Baroness Neville-Rolfe
(second statement)
Rt. Hon. Lord Peter
Mandelson

Alasdair Marnoch

Tony Marsh
(second statement)

URN

Former Senior Dean at Imperial College © WITN11080100

London and Potential replacement

Horizon IT Expert for POL

Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary WITN10170100
of State for Employment

Relations and Postal Affairs

Former Non-Executive Director, POL WITN0O3430100

Member of the House of Lords WITN10200200

Former Secretary of State for Trade and WITN00600100
Industry; Former Secretary of State for

Business, Innovation and Skills

Former Non-Executive Director, POL WITN11570100

Former Head of Security, POL WITN06900200

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I Name I I URN

Timothy James Former Subpostmaster WITN11100100
McCormack

Arthur Leslie Owen Former Non-Executive Director WITN10340100
(Les Owen) and Interim Chair of RMG

Laura Thompson Assistant Director at UKGI WITN11510100

Sophie Underwood Former Public Affairs Manager at WITN09820100
POL

Mark Underwood Legal, Compliance & Governance WITN00990100
Operations Director at POL

Dave Ward General Secretary, WITN10070100
Communications Workers Union WITN10070200

Tom Wechsler Former Chief of Staff and Director WITN09790100
of Government and Services, POL

Michael John Whitehead Former Assistant Director, UKGI WITN11260100

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Name
Sarah Bell

Thomas Cooper
(second statement)
Sir Ross Frederick
Cranston

Carl Creswell

(third statement)

Andrew Darfoor
Brian Gaunt

Sarah Isabelle Gray

URN
Partner at Grant Thornton UK LLP ] WITN11630100

Former UKGI Non-Executive WITNO0200200
Director, POL

Independent Reviewer, GLO WITN11790100
Scheme

Director of Post Office Policy and WITN11730300
Business Engagement, Department

for Business and Trade

Senior Independent Director, POL §WITN11340100

Non-Executive Director, POL WITN11320100
Interim General Group Counsel, POL WITN11440100

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Name

Calum Greenhow
(second statement)

Lisa Harrington

Sir Gary Robert
Hickinbottom

Professor
Christopher Hodges
Simon Jeffreys

I URN
Chief Executive Officer, National WITNO0370200
Federation of Subpostmasters
Former Non-Executive Director, WITN10780100
POL
Chair of the Overturned Convictions WITN11780100
Pecuniary Loss Assessment Panel,
POL
Chair of HM Government’s Horizon WITN11710100
Compensation Advisory Board
Non-Executive Director, POL WITN11300100

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Name

Christopher Leach

Dan O’Mahoney

Zarin Homi Patel

Martin Roberts

Rachel Scarrabellotti
(seventh statement)
Carla Rosaline Stent

‘Head of Branch Technology

Product Management, POL
Inquiry Director at Post Office
Limited

Former Non-Executive Director,

POL
Former Chief Retail Officer, POL

Company Secretary, POL

Former Non-Executive Director,
POL

URN
WITN09630100

WITN11760100

WITN11760200
WITN11430100

WITN11580100
WITN11120700

WITNO09930100

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ame
Richard Taylor

Rodric David Alun
Williams

(second statement)
Owen Woodley

Paul Wood

JRN
Former Group Director of WITN11370100
Corporate Affairs, Communications
and Brand at POL
Head of Legal, POL WITN08420200

Acting Chief Executive Officer, POL WITN11380100

Former Group Reward and WITN11700100
Pensions Director, POL

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