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Board Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee Report
As Chairman of the Board Corporate Governance and Nominations
Committee, I report on the Committee’s activities in 2011.
Member Independent
Meetings
eligible to
attend
Meetings
attended
Marcus Agius (Chairman) OA44
David Booth I44
Sir Richard Broadbent
(resigned 30 Sept 2011) I33
Alison Carnwath
(appointed 1 July 2011) I11
Sir Michael RakeaI43
Sir John Sunderland I44
Secretary
Lawrence Dickinson
Key
OA on appointment
I independent
a unable to attend a meeting owing to illness
Chairman’s Overview of 2011
Following the appointment of a new Chief Executive at the beginning of
the year, the focus and attention of the Committee in 2011 was on the
need to have a strengthened and effective succession planning process
in place for the Board and other senior executive roles. In addition, this
year we have given particular thought to the issue of diversity, given the
recommendations of the Davies Review on the gender diversity of Boards.
Who is on the Committee?
The Committee consists of me, as Chairman, along with four non-
executive Directors. The names of the members of the Committee
are shown in the table, together with attendance at meetings in 2011.
Committee members include the Chairmen of the main Board
Committees. Bob Diamond, the Chief Executive, also attends each
meeting, although he is not involved in decisions relating to his own
succession.
What is our role and what are our responsibilities?
Our role is to:
– review the composition of the Board and Board Committees to ensure
they are appropriately constituted and balanced in terms of skills and
experience and to recommend to the Board the appointment of new
Directors;
– consider succession plans for the Group Chairman, Chief Executive
and other key positions, such as roles on the Executive Committee
and other senior management roles;
– monitor corporate governance issues and developments; and
– agree the process for the annual Board Effectiveness Review and track
the progress of any actions arising.
The Committee’s full Terms of Reference are available from our website.
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