All Directors are equally accountable for the proper stewardship of the Group’s affairs with the Non-executive Directors having a particular responsibility for ensuring that strategies proposed for the development of the business are critically reviewed. The Non-executive Directors also critically examine the operational and financial performance of the Group and fulfil a key role in corporate accountability through their membership of the Committees of the Board. In addition the Chairman during the year holds meetings with the Non-executive Directors without the Executive Directors present, to discuss performance and strategic issues. Group policies allocate the tasks of giving detailed consideration to specified matters, to monitoring executive actions and to assessing reward, to the Board Committees. The Board Committees are:-
Audit Gerard Connell (Chairman) Martin Angle Dinah Nichols | Nomination Ken Harvey (Chairman) Martin Angle Gerard Connell Dinah Nichols |
Corporate Responsibility Dinah Nichols (Chairman) Martin Angle Gerard Connell Colin Drummond Chris Loughlin | Remuneration Martin Angle (Chairman) Gerard Connell Dinah Nichols |