Appointment to MPA committees

Report: 3c-AGM
Date: 29 May 2008
By: Chief Executive

Summary

Members are asked to appoint the chairs, deputy chairs and membership of MPA committees, including the appointment of co-opted members.

A. Recommendation

That

1. appointments be made to the positions of chairs and deputy chairs of committees until 30 September 2008;

2. appointments be made to the membership of committees until 30 September 2008; and

3. co-opted member appointments to the Corporate Governance Committee be ratified as shown in Appendix 1.

B. Supporting information

Appointment of chairs and deputy chairs of committees

1. At the annual meeting of the Authority, members are asked to appoint colleagues to the positions of chairs and deputy chairs of MPA committees for the forthcoming year.

2. As part of this process members have been asked prior to the annual meeting to express an interest in these positions and these will be tabled at the meeting. This does not preclude members from seeking nominations at the meeting, but these would need to proposed and seconded. If more than one member has expressed an interest in a position then there would need to be a vote.

Committee membership

3. As with appointments of chairs and deputy chairs of committees, members are asked to express interest in membership of the Authority’s committees.

4. In previous years it has been accepted that each member of the Authority should be a member of at least one of the Authority’s committees. Expressions of interest in committee membership will be tabled at the meeting.

5. Members’ attention is particularly drawn to the membership of the Standards Committee, which currently stands at two MPA members and two members who are independent of the Authority. Following recent legislative changes, this Committee has increased in importance as it has become the point of contact for receiving and dealing with complaints against members. It is recommended that the MPA membership on this committee should be increased to four.

Co-opted members

6. As required by Standing Order 1.8, the Authority is asked to ratify those co-opted members that attend its committee meeting. These are given at Appendix 1.

C. Race and equality impact

There are no specific implications as a result of these recommendations.

D. Financial implications

There are no financial implications.

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author(s): Nick Baker, MPA Committee Services

For more information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18

Appendix 1

Ratification of Co-opted members

Corporate Governance Committee (considered by Committee on 14 March 2008)

Richard Stephenson

Richard 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 and on the assurance given by MDs 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.

Linda Duncan

Linda is Managing Director of Nexia Strategy (Europe). 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 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.
 

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