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The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
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Unsurprisingly, the Group was highly critical of the BTC's organisation and finances, and this prompted Marples to bring forward the Transport Act 1962, which created BR as a standalone entity with its own Board, headed by a full-time chairman. Beeching accepted this latter position, and initially became the BTC chairman in June 1961.
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2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43: