Nomination and Governance committee

Ensuring the Board has strong and responsible leadership together with a wide range of skills.

The principal purpose of the committee is to monitor the balance of skills, knowledge, experience and diversity on the Board and the succession plans for the Executive Directors.

The committee has focused on ensuring that your Board has strong and responsible leadership together with a wide range of skills, knowledge and experience, which are critical to creating long-term shareholder value and business success. 

The committee continued to take responsibility for the oversight of talent development and ensuring that a future talent pipeline is taken throughout the Group.

The committee is required to meet as frequently as required but not less than annually.

A summary of the committee’s activities during 2020 is shown below, full details can be found in the committee’s report in the 2020 Annual Report and Accounts.

• Assessed the Non-Executive Directors’ independence
• Considered and recommended to the Board the election/re-election of each continuing director ahead of their election/re-election by shareholders at the Company’s 2020 AGM
• Reviewed and made recommendations to the Board in respect of each director’s actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest
• Reviewed the external appointments and time commitments of the Non-Executive Directors
• Reviewed the composition of the Board and its committees and whether the Board required additional skills and experience which would complement those of the existing members and the Company’s risk profile and strategy
• Continued to focus on succession planning arrangements at both Board and executive level, against a specification for the role and capabilities required for the position and the composition of the Board
• Reviewed the career and development plans for the Executive Committee members to ensure that there is an adequate talent pool of potential Executive Directors
• Monitored the Group’s compliance with the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code and other areas of regulation and guidance
• Assessed the embedding of an enhanced Group Governance Framework for the oversight of the Group’s subsidiaries
• Reviewed and where appropriate approved changes to the composition of the material subsidiary boards