Committees

The Board is assisted in fulfilling its responsibilities by three principal committees, the audit, remuneration and nomination committees. All committees operate within written terms of reference which are reviewed annually and updated as necessary.

  • Audit committee
  • Remuneration committee
  • Nomination committee

Audit committee

The Audit Committee is chaired by Jonathan Newcomb and its other members are Greg Lock, Terry Neill, Karen Thomson and Alan Gillespie. Members of the committee have broad financial experience which has been gained in a variety of disciplines, and which the Board considers appropriate to enable the committee to carry out its responsibilities. The company secretary is secretary to the committee and others invited to attend committee meetings include the chief financial officer, deputy CFO, head of internal audit, head of taxation and the external auditors. The committee meets at least three times a year, and the committee chairman also meets at least once a year with external auditors without management present.

View the biographies of the committee members:

View the Audit Committee’s terms of reference.

Remuneration committee

The Remuneration Committee is chaired by Greg Lock, and its other members are Pradeep Kar, and Dame Helen Alexander. The Committee is responsible for formulating and recommending policy on executive remuneration. It sets the individual remuneration packages of the executive directors and Chairman and also reviews the general remuneration framework for senior executives of the Group. This includes overseeing the design and operation of the Group’s long term incentive plans and determining the basis on which awards are made under these plans.

View the biographies of the committee members:

View the Remuneration Committee’s terms of reference.

Nomination committee

The Nomination Committee is chaired by Dame Helen Alexander and its other members are Alan Gillespie, Jonathan Newcomb, Terry Neill and Karen Thomson. The committee meets as required to review the structure, size and composition of the Board and to oversee the recruitment of new Board members, both executive and non-executive.

View the biographies of the committee members:

View the Nomination Committee’s terms of reference.

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