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Board committees

Responsible Business Committee:
The Responsible Business Committee provides strategic direction in relation to Responsible Business activities and acts as a forum for support to those accountable  for Responsible Business at the operating level.

Responsible Business Committee members:

Nomination Committee:
The Nomination Committee meets as required to select and recommend to the Board suitable candidates for both executive and non-executive appointments to the Board. On an annual basis the Nomination Committee also considers succession planning for the Board following the yearly performance evaluation process. The Board members are given an opportunity to meet the individual concerned prior to any formal decision.

Nomination Committee members:

Audit Committee:
The role of the Audit Committee is to maintain a relationship with the Group's external auditors and to review, in depth, the Group's financial statements, internal financial control and risk management systems and circulars to shareholders in order to monitor financial integrity within the Group.

The Audit Committee is also responsible for reviewing the cost-effectiveness and the volume of non-audit services provided to the Group by its external auditors.  The Group does not impose an automatic ban on the Group's external auditors undertaking non-audit work.  Its aim is always to have any non-audit work involving the Group's external auditors carried out in a manner that affords value for money and ensures independence is maintained by monitoring this on a case-by-case basis.  The policy is that the audit firm must not be in a position of conflict in respect of the work in question and must have the skill, competence and integrity to carry out the work in the best interests of the Group.

The Audit Committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Board for the reappointment of the Group's external auditors.  In order to maintain independence, the audit partner of the Group's external auditors is subject to rotation at regular intervals.

Audit Committee members:

Remuneration Committee:
The Remuneration Committee is responsible for setting the remuneration policy for the executive directors and senior employees. The Committee determines the terms of the service agreements, salaries and discretionary bonus payments, as well as deciding on the awards to be made to all participants in the Group's share schemes.  Advice from independent external advisers is obtained when required.

Remuneration Committee members:

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