A former director of Robin Hood Energy has stood down as a member of the board, only to be given a new job.
She will now be the chairwoman of the Audit Committee, one of the groups responsible for scrutinising her former company.
Labour councillor Audra Wynter represents the Bestwood ward. She will now become chairwoman of Nottingham City Council’s Audit Committee.
The last chairman of the audit committee, Labour councillor Steve Battlemuch, who represents Wollaton West, was also a member and former chairman of the board of Robin Hood Energy.
Documents registered with Companies House show Councillor Wynter was ‘terminated’ as a director on September 8. She was appointed on February 19.
A Robin Hood Energy spokesman said: “Councillor Wynter has stepped down from the board of Robin Hood Energy so that she can focus on her role on the council’s Audit Committee”.
It is expected councillor Wynter, who will not receive a pay rise for the role, will take charge of the next Audit Committee, due to be held virtually on Friday, September 25.
One of the issues due to be discussed by the committee on Friday will be the council’s response to the public interest report, which was highly critical of the council’s handling of Robin Hood Energy.
It comes after the customer base of the company - around 115,000 customers - was sold to British Gas, one of the ‘big six’ energy firms the company was formed to challenge.
Around 230 people at the company are being made redundant.
An employee of the company, who asked not to be named, said: “I joined the company because I genuinely bought into the ethos, to reduce fuel poverty.
“Now they’ve got people approaching the breadline in the run up to Christmas, when there’s very little work around, who will be pushed into fuel poverty themselves.
“We’ve still not heard anything from any of the councillors on the board. None of them have apologised. We weren't the ones who made the mistakes, but it's our jobs that are going.
Councillor Wynter has been approached for comment.
