Appointments

Report: 3b - Annual General Meeting
Date: 24 June 2010
By: Chief Executive

Summary

This report informs members that the Mayor has appointed Kit Malthouse as Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority and Reshard Auladin as Vice Chairman of the Authority.

It also asks members to approve appointments, including the positions of chairmen and vice chairmen and membership to the Authorities committees

The report also seeks appointments to organisations and other internal MPA forums.

A. Recommendations

That

1. members note that the Mayor has appointed Kit Malthouse as Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority and Reshard Auladin as Vice Chairman of the Authority
2. appointments be made to the positions of chairmen and vice chairmen of committees/sub-committees (Appendix 1);
3. appointments be made to the membership of the committees and note membership of sub-committees will be made by the ‘parent’ committees (Appendix 2);
4. appoint members to represent the MPA on outside bodies including the appointment of Chair of the MPA Domestic and Sexual Violence Board (Appendix 3);
5. approve the appointment of co-opted members to the Corporate Governance Committee and the Community Engagement and Citizen Focus Sub-Committee (referred to at para 13-17) until June 2010: and
6. note that all appointments be effective until the Authority’s next Annual Meeting in 2010.

B. Supporting information

Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Authority

1. The Metropolitan Police Authority Regulations 2008 provide that ‘if the Mayor is not a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority he shall before each annual meeting appoint a chairman from among its members’. The Regulations also state ‘before an annual meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority the Mayor may appoint one or more vice-chairmen from among the members of the Metropolitan Police Authority.

2. The Chief Executive has received notice that the Mayor has appointed Kit Malthouse as Chairman and Reshard Auladin as Vice Chairman until the next annual meeting of the Authority in 2011.

Appointment of Chairs and Vice Chairs of Committees

3. Members were asked, prior to this meeting, to express an interest in the positions of chairs and vice chairs of committees (the chairs and vice-chairs of the sub-committees will be appointed at the first meeting of the parent committees). Appendix 1 provides details of those members who have expressed an interest in these positions. This does not preclude members from making 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 will need to be a vote by ballot.

4. The Standards Committee appoints its own Chair and Vice-Chair. The Chair of the Standards Committee must by law be one of its external independent members.

Membership of Committees

5. Members are asked to appoint the membership of committees, as follows:

• Strategic and Operational Policing Committee
• Finance and Resources Committee
  No more than one member of the Corporate Governance Committee can sit on this committee and that member cannot be the Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee.
• Communities, Equalities and People Committee
• Corporate Governance Committee
  No more than one member of the Finance and Resources Committee can sit on this committee. Similarly, no more than one member of the Standards Committee can sit on this committee. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Authority and the Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee cannot sit on the Corporate Governance Committee
• Standards Committee
  The Chair and Vice Chair of the Authority cannot be members of the Standards Committee.

6. At this stage it is not proposed to have a fixed membership for Committees. However, it is considered that the first three committees need a minimum membership of seven. Equally there should perhaps be a maximum of ten members per committee or a balancing of the membership of those committees. The Corporate Governance Committee should have at least six members. The Standards Committee is responsible for handling complaints against members. The process for doing this requires the committee to have three sub-committees. Therefore, in addition to the external independent members it would be helpful to have an MPA membership of six (ideally three assembly members and three independent members). The committee meets about twice a year unless there are cases to consider.

Membership of sub-committees

7. As a number of sub-committees meet soon after this Authority meeting it would be helpful if the Authority considered sub-committee memberships – these can then be ratified at the next meeting of the parent committee. There is no requirement for members of sub-committee also to sit on the parent committee and members are asked to consider the membership of the following sub-committees:

• CT and Protective Services Sub-Committee
• Olympic/Paralympic Sub-Committee
• Professional Standards Cases Sub-Committee
• Resources and Productivity Sub-Committee
• Citizen Focus and Community Engagement Sub-Committee
• Equalities and Diversity Sub-Committee
• HR and Remuneration Sub-Committee

11. As part of this process members were asked, prior to this meeting, to express an interest in these positions and these are attached at Appendix 2. It is also suggested that the Authority should try to achieve a balance between assembly and independent members on these sub-committees. As agreed at the last Authority meeting, the minimum expectation of members is that they should sit on at least one committee and one sub-committee.

MPA representation to other organisations

12. A number of outside bodies seek MPA representation on various committee, boards and panels. Members have been invited to give expressions of interest in representing the MPA on these organisations (Appendix 3). If these cannot be filled at this meeting it is suggested that they be referred to a future meeting of the Strategic and Operational Policing Committee. Members may wish to consider whether the Authority could appropriately be represented by officers in some cases.

Co-opted members

Corporate Governance Committee

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. The Corporate Governance Committee at its meeting on 14 June 2010 recommend that the full Authority, in accordance with Standing Orders 1.8.3, confirm these appointments until June 2011.

Community Engagement and Citizen Focus Sub-Committee

16. At a meeting of the Community Engagement and Citizen Focus Sub Committee on 21 June 2009 it was recommend that the full Authority, in accordance with Standing Orders 1.8.3 confirm the appointment of Richard Hunt as a co-opted member of the Sub-Committee.

17. Richard Hunt is a representative of the London Communities Police Partnership (LCP2) and has been invited to be co-opted onto the Sub- Committee to promote joint working and enhance the community engagement capability of the MPA. His appointment, if approved would be until June 2011.

MPA Domestic and Sexual Violence Board

14. The MPA Domestic and Sexual Violence Board is open to all members of the Authority to attend. The Authority is required to appoint the Chair of the Board and officers have received a nomination that Kirsten Hearn and Valerie Brasse co-Chair this Board. Members are asked to agree this nomination.

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. Legal implications

There are no specific legal implications raised by this report.

F. Background papers

• None

G. Contact details

Report author(s): Nick Baker

For more information contact:

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

Appendix 1: Expressions of interest: Chair and Deputy Chair positions

(Up till – Annual meeting June 2011) - (positions need to be proposed and seconded)

Chair of the Authority

Kit Malthouse (Nominations not required/Mayoral appointment)

Deputy Chair of the Authority

Reshard Auladin (Nominations not required/Mayoral appointment)

Chair of Corporate Governance Committee

Toby Harris Proposed Faith Boardman 2nd Victoria Borwick

Deputy Chair of Corporate Governance Committee

No expressions received.

Chair of Communities, People and Equalities Committee

Cindy Butts Proposed Kirsten Hearn 2nd Reshard Auladin

Deputy Chair Communities, People and Equalities Committee

Victoria Borwick Proposed Reshard Auladin 2nd Faith Boardman

Chair of Finance and Resources Committee

Steve O’Connell Proposed Kit Malthouse 2nd Dee Doocey

Deputy Chair of Finance and Resources Committee

Faith Boardman Proposed Toby Harris 2nd Steve O’Connell

Chair of Strategic and Operational Policing Committee

Reshard Auladin Proposed Toby Harris 2nd Tony Arbour

Deputy Chair of Strategic and Operational Policing Committee

Toby Harris Proposed Faith Boardman 2nd Victoria Borwick

Appendix 2: MPA Committee membership – Expressions of Interest

Up until annual meeting June 2011

*existing members of that committee or sub-committee

Expressions of interests in committees

Strategic and Operational Policing. Next meeting 1 July 2010

(Current membership no 10)

1. Reshard Auladin (as Chairman)*

2. Jennette Arnold*

3. Tony Arbour*

4. Chris Boothman*

5. Cindy Butts*

6. Toby Harris*

7. Jenny Jones*

8. Joanne McCartney*

9. Caroline Pidgeon*

10.

Finance and Resources Committee - Next meeting 15 July 2010

(Current membership no. 8)

1. Steve O’Connell (as Chairman)*

2. Reshard Auladin*

3. John Biggs*

4. Faith Boardman*

5. Dee Doocey*

6.

7. Neil Johnson*

8. Graham Speed*

Communities, Equalities and People Committee – Next meeting 8 July 2010 (Current membership 7)

1. Cindy Butts* (as Chair)

2. Reshard Auladin*

3. Faith Boardman*

4. Victoria Borwick*

5. Valerie Brasse*

6. Kirsten Hearn*

7. Clive Lawton*

Corporate Governance Next meeting 13 September 2010

(Current membership 6)

1. Toby Harris (as Chair)*

2. John Biggs *

3. Valerie Brasse *

4.

5. Joanne McCartney*

6. Caroline Pidgeon*

Standards Committee Next meeting 2 September 2010 TBC

(Current membership 6 plus 2 independent members)

1. Jennette Arnold*

2. Chris Boothman*

3. Toby Harris*

4. Kirsten Hearn*

5.

6.

John Bowers Ann Dickens Janet Gray (non authority) independent members (subject to approval at full Authority 24 June 2010).

Expressions of interest in membership of sub-committee

CT and Protective Services Sub-Committee

(Current membership 4)

1. Toby Harris*

2. Reshard Auladin*

3. James Cleverly*

4. Neil Johnson*

Olympic/Paralympic Sub-Committee

(Current membership 7)

1. Jennette Arnold*

2. Chris Boothman*

3. Victoria Borwick*

4. Toby Harris*

5. Kirsten Hearn*

6. Dee Doocey *

7.

Expression of interest

Clive Lawton

Professional Standards Cases Sub-Committee

(Current membership 7)

1. Reshard Auladin*

2. Tony Arbour*

3. Chris Boothman*

4. James Cleverly*

5. Valerie Brasse*

6.

7.

Resources and Productivity Sub- Committee

(Current membership 4)

1. John Biggs *

2. Faith Boardman*

3. Valerie Brasse*

4. Graham Speed*

Citizen Focus and Community Engagement Sub-Committee

(Current membership 4)

1. Victoria Borwick*

2. Valerie Brasse*

3. Joanne McCartney*

4. Clive Lawton*

Equality and Diversity Sub-Committee

(Current membership 3)

1. Cindy Butts *

2. Kirsten Hearn*

3. Clive Lawton*

HR and Remuneration Sub-Committee

(Current membership 4)

1. Reshard Auladin*

2. Tony Arbour *

3. Faith Boardman*

4. Cindy Butts *

Appendix 3: Outside and other bodies 2010/11

Association of Police Authorities (APA)

Local Government Association

Home Office groups

Other meetings MPA are represented on:

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