Appointment of co-opted members

Report: 16
Date: 15 June 2009
By: Chief Executive

Summary

This report proposes the appointment of co-opted members to the Corporate Governance Committee for 2009/10.

A. Recommendation

That

1. the Corporate Governance Committee approves the nominations of Richard Stephenson and Linda Duncan as a co-opted members of the Committee for the committee year 2009/10; and
2. the Authority ratifies the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee to appoint Richard Stephenson and Linda Duncan as a co-opted member of that Committee.

B. Supporting information

1. The Authority is responsible for making appointments of co-opted members for 2008/09, on recommendation from the relevant committee (Procedural Standing Orders 1.8.1).

2. The Corporate Governance Committee has two co-opted members whose appointments have been ratified by the full Authority who have assisted the Committee in their areas of competence. One, Richard Stephenson, is qualified and experienced in health and safety, and the other, Linda Duncan, in risk management and audit.

3. The Corporate Governance Committee is considering their reappointment at this time so that it might be agreed by the annual meeting of the Authority on 25 June 2009. The next meeting of the Corporate Governance Committee thereafter is on 14 September 2009.

4. Richard Stephenson is Group Director of HSE for Transport for London and has responsibility for developing strategy and policy in consultation with the Business HSE teams and senior management. He advises the TfL Commissioner and Board on the assurance given by managing directors regarding delivery of HSE accountabilities and provides support to the TfL Board Safety, Health and Environment Committee. He acts as the Head of HSE profession at TfL, including assisting managing directors in developing and leading initiatives to continuously improve the TfL-wide HSE community. Prior to this, Richard Stephenson managed Shell Chemical’s global HSE strategy with responsibility for corporate HSE planning, global HSE performance and assurance reporting and HSE communications.

5. Linda Duncan is Head of Governance with Hyman Capital Services. She has over 22 years’ experience in the audit and risk management field and is a former Partner in KPMG’s Risk Management practice in London. Before that, Linda Duncan spent 10 years in the public sector audit and advisory practice of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, providing external audit, internal audit and advisory services to a wide range of clients including local and central government and the health service. She is a past member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s Audit Panel, which is responsible for the Code of Practice for internal auditing in local government.

C. Race and equality impact

The appointment of co-opted members enables committees to draw upon a wider range of independent expertise. By ensuring that there is an independent view point discrimination is eliminated as part of the positive duty the MPA has under the GLA Act 1999 and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act and more recently the Disability Discrimination Act 2005).

D. Financial implications

There are minimal financial implications arising from this report.

E. Background papers

• None

F. Contact details

Report author: Ruth Hastings Iqball, MPA

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