Remuneration Committee

Membership

  • Frances Duffy (Chair)
  • Richard Lloyd-Owen (Chair of Board ex officio)
  • Philip Gummett (Deputy Chair of the Board ex officio)
  • David Francis (Chair of Finance and Resources Committee ex officio)
  • Michael Plaut (Chair of the RWCMD Board ex officio)
  • Ian Morgan (Chair of the MTC Board ex officio)
  • Debbie Jones (One other Governor, other than Staff Student Governors)
  • Jonathan Jones (Professional Services Governor)
  • Irfan Fahim (Student Governor)

Composition and Membership

  • Deputy Chair of the Board – Chair (ex officio)
  • Chair of the Board (ex officio)
  • Chair of the Human Resources Committee (ex officio)
  • Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee (ex officio)
  • Chair of the RWCMD Board of Directors (ex officio)
  • Chair of the MTC Board of Directors (ex officio)
  • One other Governor (other than Staff Student Governors)
  • One Staff Governor
  • One Student Governor
  • Clerk: University Secretary

Quorum

At least 3 members.

Duties

The duties of the Committee shall be to:

  • review the remuneration of the Vice Chancellor and make recommendations to the Board
  • make recommendations to the Board on severance payments to the Vice Chancellor
  • consider institutional interest, sustainability and reputation as well as the public interest and the safeguarding of public funds as part of its deliberations and must require comparative information to inform its decisions

Procedural matters

The Minutes of the Remuneration Committee will be received by the Board as a reserved item, being circulated only to those members entitled to take part in discussion of reserved items. The decisions of the Board will be minuted in a separate and confidential appendix to the Minutes, which will be included as a reserved item at the next meeting of the Board.  A report of the work of the Remuneration Committee will be made annually by the Clerk and provided to the whole Board of Governors including staff and student members;
It is the responsibility of the Clerk to advise the Committee on procedures before it decides on matters under discussion and for the purpose of recording the Committee’s decisions and/or recommendations.