Trustee board

Professor Mike Holmes, Chair of Trustees

Professor Mike Holmes is the chair of the trustee board. He has been a GP Partner for over 20 years and works in a large practice caring for almost 100,000 patients across York, Hull and Scarborough.

He chairs a GP owned Provider Organisation in York, bringing together all practices in the city of York caring for a population of 250,000 people and delivering services at scale in conjunction with multisector stakeholders in areas such as Urgent Care, Community Diagnostics and Community Services. He provides the General Practice voice at Place level within his ICS and is part of the ICS Primary Care Collaborative.

Mike has previously served as a Vice Chair (Membership and International) at the Royal College of General Practitioners (2018-21). He contributed to the College’s Health and Wellbeing offer during the pandemic and in particular the offers developed for all those working in Primary Care by NHSE.

He holds a number of other roles; He is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York and a Trustee at St Leonard’s Hospice in York.

Committee memberships: Remuneration Committee

• Professor Mike Holmes: Declaration of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 136 KB)

Prof Victoria Tzortziou Brown OBE, Chair of Council (ex officio)

Prof Victoria Tzortziou Brown is the Chair of RCGP Council and an ex officio member of Trustee Board. She has been an East London GP for over 20 years, and has worked across health and social care, academia and with communities. She has worked towards identifying innovative solutions for improving health and care services and narrowing health inequalities.

She combines research and extensive clinical commissioning experience. She is currently the Research and Innovation lead of North East London Integrated Care System, which serves around two million people. She collaborates with NHS, public health, academic and VCSE partners towards increasing engagement in research and innovation.

Victoria has served as the College's Vice Chair External Affairs, Honorary Secretary and RCGP London Faculties Chair, and more recently has co-chaired the RCGP`s Health Inequalities Standing Group. She is a Founding Senior Fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management and a non-executive director at Turning Point, with an OBE for her services in general practice. In her academic role at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, Victoria undertakes health policy and systems research. She has a particular focus on the design and evaluation of healthcare interventions and impact on professional behaviour and health inequalities. She also supervises GP Academic Clinical Fellows and early career researchers in Global Health.

• Prof Victoria Tzortziou Brown: Declaration of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 104 KB)

Dr Kirsty Alexander, Member Trustee

Dr Kirsty Alexander is the Senior Partner of a Group practice covering a population of 85,000 across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. She is also a GP Trainer and an NHS England Appraiser. She has been the Co-Chair of Severn Faculty and has been a Nationally Elected Member of Council for the last nine years. She became a Member Trustee in 2025.

Having trained initially as a GP, she went on to train in Public Health Medicine, when she realised that, much as she loves her clinical work, health care only contributes improvement to 20% of health outcomes. Alongside her core clinical work, she has held a number of roles in her local Clinical Commissioning Group and Integrated Care Board, including being the Clinical Lead for Children and Families, and the Chair of a Locality Partnership Board.

In a life before medicine, Kirsty studied Land Economy at Cambridge and worked in business and finance before working for a charity in Ethiopia during the 1984/5 famine, which prompted her to change professional tack.

Dr Waqar Ahmed, Member Trustee

Dr Waqar Ahmed has represented the Northern Ireland Faculty Board on UK Council since 2017. He also sits on RCGP NI Council as a sessional doctors' representative. He is a committee member of the Shared Island Initiative, which supports research across the island of Ireland. Dr Ahmed has experience of working as a GP in the Northern Ireland prison service.

As well as being a GP, he works as an actor and comedian. He has taught comedy workshops to GP trainer and leadership groups across the UK for the last nine years.

Committee memberships: Audit and Risk Committee

• Dr Waqar Ahmed: Declaration of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 115 KB)

Dr Onyinye Okonkwo, Member Trustee

Dr. Onyinye Okonkwo was elected as a Member Trustee in 2024, having previously served on Council as the Midland Faculty representative. She is also the Honorary Secretary of the Midland Faculty. Oni is an Associate Non-Executive Director for Quality at Birmingham and Solihull ICB, and Senior Partner at an inner-city GP practice in Birmingham. A committed advocate for healthcare quality, EDI, and medical education, she is a Lead Examiner for the RCGP SCA, GP trainer, and undergraduate tutor at Aston University and University of Birmingham.

Onyi, a graduate of the University of Nigeria, has been practicing in Birmingham and Solihull since emigrating to the UK. She has received numerous accolades for her contributions to healthcare and community engagement, including being named among the Health Service Journal's 50 most influential BAME Rising Stars in healthcare (2022) and winning the Claire Boothroyd Award for Excellence (2024).

Committee memberships: Planning and Resources Committee

• Dr Onyinye Okonkwo: Declaration of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 169 KB)

Dr Heather Ryan, Member Trustee

Dr Heather Ryan graduated from Oxford University in 2008, gained her medical degree from the University of London in 2011, qualified as a GP in 2017, and became a Fellow of RCGP in 2024. She also holds an M.Sc. (with Distinction) in Healthcare Leadership.

She has a breadth of experience which includes three years as a GP partner, experience of working as a GP in a secure mental health unit, and time spent as a freelance Out of Hours GP. In her role as a Primary Care Medical Educator she facilitates half-day release teaching for local GP trainees, which keeps her up to date! Heather is the co-founder and Managing Director of Formby GP, an innovative private GP service which focuses on delivering ethical, evidence-based, person-centred care.

Heather has been involved in RCGP since 2013, when she became the Associates in Training (now known as GP Registrar) Representative for Mersey. As a newly-qualified GP she served as a Recruitment Fellow for Midland Faculty. She is currently the Honorary Secretary of Mersey Faculty. Heather joined RCGP Council as a Nationally Elected Member in 2023, before becoming a Member Trustee a year later.

Committee memberships: Governance Committee

• Dr Heather Ryan: Declaration of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 265 KB)

Ian Wilson, Independent Trustee

Ian is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and an accredited professional Pension Trustee. He has over 30 years of experience working with global blue-chip companies, including various Finance Director roles. He has led large multi-functional business services organisations for internal customers in the private and public sectors.

Ian now focuses on Non-Executive Director and Pension Trustee roles. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at the Department Work and Pensions Audit and Risk Committee and the Government Actuary’s Department. He chairs the Trustee Board of a UK top 50 pension fund and is a Trustee with the Church of England Pension Board. He is also on the Council at Royal Holloway, University of London where he chairs the Finance Committee. He also has previous experience as a Non-Executive Director with the NHS and Ministry of Defence.

Ian holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and is also an alumnus of London Business School.

Committee memberships: Planning and Resources Committee (Chair)

• Ian Wilson: Declarations of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 222 KB)

Dr Thomas Patel Campbell, Council Vice Chair Finance and Member Value (ex officio)

Dr Thomas Patel-Campbell is, since November 2024, the Council Vice Chair Finance and Member Value, and an ex officio member of the Board. This updated role broadens the remit of what was formerly the Honorary Treasurer, expanding beyond financial matters to cover the broader value and benefits RCGP brings to its members. He serves as a director on RCGP's arm's length trading companies: RCGP International, RCGP Enterprises and RCGP Conferences, and is the lead officer for RCGP's international work.

A GP partner working in an at-scale practice which provides care to 95,000 patients, in addition to his clinical responsibilities he is also the practice's Director of Clinical Operations. He has interests in leadership, respiratory medicine, and digital transformation.

Committee memberships: Remuneration Committee, Planning and Resources Committee, Audit and Risk Committee (Observer).

• Dr Thomas Patel Campbell: Declaration of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 312 KB)

Chris Lake, Senior Independent Trustee

Chris is Managing Director of Integrated Development Ltd, leading a network of colleagues who work with individuals, teams and whole organisations as leadership and organisation development consultants. Most of his current client work is board development, executive team coaching and whole-system OD for large NHS trusts. Chris was a member of the executive team that conceived, launched and built the NHS Leadership Academy. There, he led the design and delivery of award-winning national programmes for NHS leaders from first line supervisors and graduate management scheme trainees to aspiring chief executives.

At the RCGP, Chris is our Senior Independent Trustee and Vice Chair of the Trustee Board.

Previously, Chris was Senior Leadership Consultant at The King’s Fund, and Executive MBA Director at Roffey Park where he worked with across public and private sectors and with international groups across Europe and the US. He was associate programme director at the London Business School and his prior commercial and management experience was gained in the retail sector. The focus of Chris' own MBA was leadership and organisation behaviour (especially culture change). Chris is alumnus of the Columbia University (New York) advanced programme in OD and HR and Tavistock Institute practitioner certificate in consulting and change.

Committee memberships: Planning and Resources Committee, Remuneration Committee

• Chris Lake: Declaration of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 407 KB)

Vicky Sandry, Independent Trustee (Chair)

Vicky Sandry has three decades of legal experience having qualified as a solicitor in 1995 at the firm of CMS Cameron McKenna. Specialising in competition law and regulation, in 2000 Vicky joined Sky, Europe’s leading media and telecoms company. She held several senior roles at Sky, including most recently as Group General Counsel. A member of the Executive Committee, she led the award-winning legal team and was responsible for all legal and regulatory matters across Sky’s UK and European territories.

Vicky now focusses on Non-Executive Director and trustee roles. She has actively supported diversity and inclusion throughout her career and is the Co-Chair and a Director of Mission Beyond, a social enterprise seeking to help young people underrepresented by socio-economic background to achieve their full potential. Vicky also has a longstanding interest in wellbeing and healthcare. At Sky she was the sponsor of the Body & Mind staff network, supporting the network to raise awareness and encourage the open discussion of disability, mental health and long-term sickness. She chairs the Patient Participation Group at her GP surgery and is a regular volunteer at her local hospital’s emergency department.

Committee memberships: Governance Committee (Chair)

• Vicky Sandry: Declaration of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 91 KB)

Dr Jamie Hynes, Council Vice Chair Member Standards

Dr Jamie Hynes is an enthusiastic & fulfilled GP Partner & Trainer at Horseley Heath Surgery, Tipton in the Black Country, the practice where he completed training in 2007.

He qualified from University of Birmingham Medical School in the 50th year of RCGP in 2002. He has been involved with Midland Faculty since 2015 and is currently Faculty Chair.

He maintains a keen interest in GP education from his days as a GP Registrar, working as a Training Programme Director for over 12 years before taking a sabbatical for this role. He was previously Clinical Lead for the local Rapid Diagnostic Clinic for Non-Specific Cancer symptoms.

Jamie loves being creative and his artistic work has featured in GPFrontline, InnovAiT and at RCGP Annual Conference, as well as illustrating a couple of books by Roger Neighbour. Video creation has been part of his association with RCGP over the last decade and his focus on positivity and continuity of care became themes of his videos, including The National Health, The Night Before CQC, GP in 150 words, GP Kipling, GP’s a Wonderful Life, and These are the GPs.

He is a proud father of two wonderful boys, aged 13 and 10, and also celebrated his 15th Wedding Anniversary in 2025.

Committee memberships: Governance

• Dr Jamie Hynes: Declaration of interests form including conflicts of interest (PDF file, 104 KB)

Nick Whitaker, Observer to Board, Chair of Audit and Risk

Nick Whitaker is a Chartered Accountant and former partner in BDO LLP with a background in auditing, corporate finance and expert witness services. Since retiring he has taken on a number of trustee and non executive governance roles including Chair of Regent’s University London, Governor of Leeds Beckett University and Trustee of the Refugee Council. The majority of his roles have included Audit & Risk Committee Chair responsibilities. In addition he has continued to provide expert witness evidence on accounting and auditing matters.

As Independent Chair of the College’s Audit and Risk Committee Nick attends Trustee Board as an Observer.

Nick’s appointment as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee is for a three-year term. He has no other RCGP responsibilities.

• Nick Whitaker: Declaration of interests form (PDF file, 307 KB)

• Nick Whitaker: Chair
• Dr Thomas Patel Campbell: Vice Chair Finance and Member Value (Observer)
• Dr Waqar Ahmed: Member Trustee
• Clifton Melvin: Independent Member
• Stephen Wilcox: Independent Member
• Dr Philip Xiu: College Member
• Dr Kate King, College member

(C) Audit and Risk Committee (updated February 2025)

Accountable to: Trustee Board
Chair The Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee
Membership and Appointment
The Audit and Risk Committee will consist of no fewer than
6 Members appointed by Trustee Board:

• An appointed Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, who shall be an independent person who is not a member or fellow of the College, or eligible to be so, and shall be appointed for their expertise. This person shall have “recent and relevant financial experience”.

• One Member Trustee

• Two Independent Member

• Two College Members

The Vice Chair Finance and Member Value will be invited as
a non-voting Observer.

Quorum: Three members of the Committee, including the Chair
Sub-Committees: None
Terms of membership: The term of each appointment shall be 3 years; renewable
for a further term, with the maximum term of appointment 6 years.
Attendance: The Vice Chair Finance and Member Value shall be invited to meetings of the Audit and Risk Committee.

The Chief Executive Officer, the Executive Director of Corporate Services, Assistant Director Finance and such other members of staff, as the Chair may require, shall be in attendance at meetings.
The external auditors and the internal auditors by invitation only.
Such other persons as the Chair may require

Overall Purpose: To take delegated responsibility on behalf of Trustee Board
for ensuring that there is a framework for accountability, for examining and reviewing all systems and methods of control, both financial and otherwise, including risk analysis and risk management.

To ensure the College is complying with all aspects of the law (including compliance with data protection and equality 
Authorisation: The Committee is authorised, in consultation with the Vice Chair Finance and Member Value, to obtain appropriate external legal and other professional advice.

Has delegated authority from the Trustee Board
1. To ensure there are appropriate frameworks for accountability including internal controls and risk management.
2. To ensure the College and trading subsidiaries are complying with financial accounting standards and other regulations and Acts as delegated by the Trustee Board.
3. To investigate any matters that threaten or adversely affect the College’s aims and objectives, its assets, the reliability of its records or information, its compliance with all laws, workplace regulations and policies and its governing instruments.
4. To ensure appropriate and timely training is provided both in the form of induction training for new Audit and Risk Committee members and an ongoing basis for all Audit and Risk Committee members.
5. To approve the scope and objectives of the work of the internal and external auditors.
6. To ensure effective co-ordination between internal and external audit.
7. To approve the internal audit reports and internal audit annual reports; the management letters of the external auditors and management’s response to these.
8. To monitor, within an agreed timescale, the implementation of agree recommendations relating to internal audit assignment reports, internal audit annual reports and the external auditor’s management letters.
9. To establish, in conjunction with management, relevant annual performance measures and indicators and to monitor the effectiveness of the internal and external auditors through these measures and indicators an decide, based upon this review, whether a competition for price and quality of the audit service is appropriate.
10. To decide on the appointment the appointment, reappointment, dismissal and remuneration of the internal auditors

Is required to provide initial scrutiny and review prior to final approval by the Trustee Board
11. Monitor and review the integrity of the College’s Annual Accounts and financial statements ensuring that the appropriate accounting standards have been adhered to and applied.
12. Review of the effectiveness of the College’s internal controls and risk management systems, and to give assurance to Trustee Board that they are operating as intended.
13. Agree the statements to be included in the Annual Accounts concerning internal controls and risk management.
14. To recommend the appointment of the external auditors.

Ongoing Audit and Risk Committee workplan
15. Review Audit and Risk Committee performance and terms of reference annually to ensure it is operating at maximum effectiveness and make such changes as necessary.
16. To produce an annual report which includes the Audit and Risk Committee’s advice on the effectiveness of the College’s risk management, control and governance processes, and any significant matters arising from the work of internal and external audit.
17. To receive regular reports from the Health & Safety Committee and Assurity Consulting.
18 To conduct periodic ‘deep dives’ into areas of work within the College.
19 To liaise with, and coordinate activities with, other committees of Trustee Board, where other committees maintain oversight of risk/control in their areas of responsibility.
20 To maintain communications outside of formal meetings with others involved in aspects of governance including key executives, auditors, and Chair of Trustee Board).

• Vicky Sandry: Chair and Independent Trustee
• Dr Jamie Hynes: Council Vice Chair Member Standards
• Dr Heather Ryan: Member Trustee
• Elizabeth Blease: Independent Member
• Prof Martyn Hewitt: College Member
• Dr David Mummery: College Member
• Dr Kate Neden: College Member
• Dr Oluwaseun (Seun) Babalola: College Member

APPENDIX 1 – Terms of Reference of Trustee Board’s Committees

(A) Governance Committee (updated 23 October 2025)
Accountable to:Trustee Board
Chair: Independent Trustee
Membership and appointment:Nine members:
•One Independent Trustee (chair)
•Vice Chair Member Standards
•One Member Trustee appointed by Trustee Board
•One Council member appointed by Trustee Board
•Three College Members appointed by Trustee Board
•Two Independent Members appointed by Trustee Board

Quorum: Four members of the Committee
Attendance: Such members of staff and other persons as the Chair may require.
Authorisation:The Committee is authorised, in consultation with the Vice Chair Finance and Member Value, to obtain appropriate external legal and other professional advice in order to fulfil its duties to the Trustee Board.
The Committee is authorised to take such steps on behalf of the Trustee Board to fulfil its responsibilities in relation to the governance of the College.

Overall purpose:
To monitor and develop the governance of the College (including its committees, and the Companies and any other bodies controlled by it) and to provide oversight and guidance on governance matters.

Has delegated authority from the Trustee Board

A. To make recommendations to the Trustee Board on governance policies, practices and procedures.
B. To review and develop protocols and procedures for all College decision making meetings.
C. To approve the Safeguarding Policy.
D. To provide oversight of the programme of regular Board and committee effectiveness reviews in accordance with good governance practice.
E. To review Role Descriptions for President and UK and DN Council Officers and make recommendations subject to approval by either Council or respective Devolved Council.
F. To provide oversight of the College’s election processes and development to encourage
appropriate member engagement.
G. To encourage democracy through the election processes.
H. To review and approve role descriptions and, for appointed positions, person specifications, for Trustee Board and its committees; and ensure that they are appropriate and comply with statutory requirements and best practice including in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion.
I. To review applications for role sharing for elected positions in line with the College’s Role Sharing Policy. Is required to provide initial scrutiny and review prior to final approval by the Trustee Board
J. To review current governance processes to ensure they continue to be fit for purpose.
K. To identify future needs for the development of governance processes in the light of the changing needs of the College and the legal and regulatory environment.
L. To recommend amendments to the College’s Constitutional documents to address any necessary or desirable changes.
M. To monitor and maintain the College’s Members Code of Conduct with any changes to be approved by the Trustee Board.
N. To review the Scheme of Delegation on an annual basis prior to final approval by Trustee Board.
O. To provide oversight of the College’s election processes and development to encourage appropriate member engagement.
p. To encourage democracy through the election processes.

• Maria Coulson: Chair/Independent Trustee
• Lisa Condron: Independent Member
• Lisa Charles-Jones: Independent Member
• Dr David Shackles, College Member 
• Dr Waqar Ahmed, Trustee Member

(B) Nominations Committee (updated 23 October 2025)

Accountable to: Trustee Board
Chair: Appointed by Chair of Trustees
Membership and appointment: As appointed by the Chair of Trustee Board from time to time, in accordance with the Charter, Ordinances and Byelaws.

• Appointment Panel for Trustees and Chair of Audit and Risk and Remunerations Committees will ordinarily be chaired by Chair of Trustees (and comply with Byelaw 45 requirements); and
• Appointment Panel for Board committee members will be ordinarily chaired by the respective committee Chair.

Quorum: Three quarters of members of the Committee
Attendance: Such members of staff and other persons as the Chair may require.
Authorisation: The Committee is authorised, in consultation with the Vice Chair Finance and Member Value, to obtain appropriate external legal and other professional advice.
Overall purpose: Act as an Appointment Panel for Independent Trustees and Chair of Audit and Risk and Remunerations Committees; and Appointment Panel for Board Committee appointments.

Has delegated authority from the Trustee Board

A. To act as an Appointment Panel for the following roles:
• Independent Trustee
• Chair of Audit and Risk Committee
• Chair of Remuneration Committee
• Appointed members of Trustee Board committees.

And make recommendations to Trustee Board for appointment, subject to any provisions in the Charter, Ordinances and Byelaws.

B. To appoint, if appropriate, an external advisor to assist with recruitment.

 

• Ian Wilson: Chair and Independent Trustee
• Chris Lake: SIT and Independent Trustee
• Dr Kirsty Alexander: Member Trustee
• Dr Onyinye Okonkwo: Member Trustee
• Marc Leppard: Independent Member
• Michael Patton: Independent Member
• Dr Thomas Patel Campbell, Vice Chair of Council Finance and Member Standards

(D) Planning and Resources Committee (updated 15 January 2026)

Accountable to: Trustee Board
Chair: Independent Trustee
Membership and appointment:
Total membership: 9
a). Two Independent Trustees, one of whom shall chair the committee
b). Two Member Trustees
c). Vice Chair Finance and Member Value
d). Up to three Independent Members, appointed by Trustee Board
e). One College Member, appointed by Trustee Board
Quorum:
Four members (including minimum two Trustees)
Attendance: Such members of staff and other persons as the Chair may require, either for the full meeting or a particular agenda item. Ordinarily, a standing invitation is sent to the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Corporate Services.
Authorisation: The Committee is authorised, in consultation with the Vice Chair Finance and Member Value, to obtain appropriate external legal and other professional advice in order to fulfil its duties to the Trustee Board.
The Committee is authorised to take such steps on behalf of the Trustee Board to fulfil its responsibilities in relation to the governance of the College.

Overall Purpose:
To provide strategic oversight of the College’s financial, investment, digital and IT, estates and people and culture affairs.
Remit:  Remits with delegated authority highlighted in yellow
A: Financial and Budgetary
A1. To review and challenge the management of all aspects of the College’s finances including business planning, allocation of resources to deliver strategic objectives, budgeting, and financial control.
A2. To provide the Board with assurance that the assets of the College are used for charitable purposes
A3. To have oversight of the budget planning process, including reviewing budget assumptions.
A4. To review the proposed budget and make recommendations to Trustee Board.
A5. To provide the Board with assurance that the budgeting, ongoing forecasting and budget management processes, appropriate internal controls are adhered to, including the regulations as set out in the Financial Regulations of the College.
A6. To provide the Board with assurance that the College budget and resources have been allocated in line with the College’s strategic objectives as outlined in the Corporate Plan.
A7. To consider annual and multiyear capital expenditure proposals, scrutinise business cases, and ensure financial and budgetary management.
A8 To have oversight of capital and project spending, including adequate controls, to provide effective delivery of projects on time and on budget.
A9. To regularly review management accounts and revised budget forecasts, and raise any concerns to Trustee Board.
A10. To review proposals for out of budget expenditure, either operational or capital, scrutinise business cases, in line with the Financial Regulations of the College, and make a recommendation to Trustee Board.
A11. To have oversight of internal and external legal and regulatory compliance, including any loan covenants.
A12. To review the Travel, expenses and subsistence policy and make recommendations to Trustee Board for approval.
A13. To review the reserves policy and make recommendations to Trustee Board for approval. A14
Delegated authority to approve spending from designated reserves, in line with purpose of reserve as decided by Trustee Board and with delegated financial authority, and review and monitor progress of approved projects.
B: Investments
B1. To periodically review the College’s investment policy and recommend updates to the Trustee Board. B2
To have delegated authority to oversee the College’s investment strategy, in line with the investment policy.
B3. To provide the Board with assurance that the College’s investments are being appropriately managed in line with policy.
B4. To agree a process for the regular tender of the investment management contract.
B5. To scrutinise the performance of the College’s investments by meeting with investment managers on a regularly basis and receiving investment update reports.
C: Property and Estates
C1. To have oversight of the College’s property and estate’s strategy.
C2. To have oversight over ongoing capital investment plans in realtion to property and estates, scrutinise business cases, and provide oversight of project management delivery, including financial and budgetary management.
D: Procurement
D1. To have oversight of procurement for the College and compliance with policies including reporting to the Trustee Board on commitments in excess of specified limits.
D2. To have delegated authority to issue a Single Source Waiver in accordance with the Procurement Manual and Single Source Waiver policy.
E: Digital and IT
E1. To review and challenge the strategy for, and investment in, the College’s digital and IT infrastructure, and its management.
E2. To review business case proposals for ongoing capital investment in digital and IT, and make recommendations to Trustee Board.
E3. To provide oversight of project management delivery, including financial and budgetary management, on digital and IT projects.
F: People and Culture
F1. To provide oversight of the College’s people and culture strategy, monitor delivery and action plans, and advise Trustee Board of any matters of concern.
F2. To receive regular reports from the People and Culture Team on issues around people and culture.
G: Risk Management
G1. To ensure that risk management is part of all decision making; having regard to risk appetite and the Strategic Risk Register.
G2. To ensure that project proposals submitted to the committee consider risk management, and that EMT have determined whether the project should have its own risk register as part of the risk management arrangements for projects as contained in the framework.
G3. To assure the Board that required resources have been allocated during the budget process for action owners to undertake their current and planned internal controls and mitigations as contained in the Strategic Risk Register.

• Karen Carroll, Independent Chair
• Professor Mike Holmes: Chair of Trustees 
• Dr Thomas Patel Campbell: Vice Chair Finance and Member Value
• Chris Lake: SIT and Independent Trustee 
• Rupert Terry, Independent Member 
• Prof Johnny Lyon-Maris, Council Member  

Remuneration Committee terms of reference

Accountable to

Trustee Board.

Chair

A person independent of the College with knowledge of healthcare organisations.

Or a lay trustee, appointed by the Trustee Board.

Membership and appointment

• Two Independent Members, external to the College (one of whom may be Chair)
• The Chair of the Trustee Board
• A lay trustee (one of whom may be Chair)
• A member of Council who is not an Officer or a member of the Trustee Board
• A member of the Trustee Board’s Planning and Resources Committee (who may be the Chair of that Committee, an Officer or some other person)
• Each will be appointed by the Trustee Board on the recommendation of the Nominations sub-Committee

Quorum

Three members of the Committee, including the Chair and at least one external member or lay trustee.

Sub-Committees

None.

Terms of membership

The term of each appointment shall be 3 years; renewable for a further term, with the maximum term of appointment 6 years.

Frequency of meetings

The Remuneration Committee will meet in person or by tele-conference on a biannual basis.

Attendance

• Such members of staff and other persons as the Chair may require
• The Chief Operating Officer
• Head of HR and OD
• The Chair of the Planning and Resources Committee (if not a member in their own right)

Overall purpose

To consider remuneration and related issues of the Chief Operating Officer and executive team.

Authorisation

To determine the remuneration policy (“Executive Pay Policy”), conditions of service (insofar as they differ from other staff) and approve the remuneration for the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Directors.

Has delegated authority from the Trustee Board

1. To consider and approve a policy for the remuneration of the senior management team (the Executive Pay Policy).
2. To consider proposals from the Chief Operating Officer for remuneration for members of the senior management team in line with the Executive Pay Policy.
3. To consider proposals from the Chair of the Remuneration Committee, the Honorary Treasurer and the Chair of the Trustee Board for remuneration of the Chief Operating Officer and determine their remuneration in line with the Executive Pay Policy
4. To determine the level of fees payable in respect of clinical work in accordance with the standard fee framework approved by the Trustee Board.
5. Where the College’s Officers refer a potential conflict of interest in any proposed fee, payment or secondment arrangement for any Officer, to consider the proposal and determine whether to approve it.
6. To ensure that a sufficient mechanism exists to set objectives for and to review the work the Chief Operating Officer and executive team.

Scrutiny and review requirements 

Is required to provide initial scrutiny and review prior to final approval by the Trustee Board

7. To consider and put forward for approval to the Trustee Board any severance arrangements for the Chief Operating officer and members of the executive team through consultation with the Chair of the Remuneration Committee; ensuring that failure is not rewarded and that the duty to mitigate loss is fully recognised.
8. To consider proposals from the Honorary Treasurer for changes to the standard fee framework for clinical work and make recommendations to the Trustee Board about changes to the framework.

Ongoing Audit and Risk Committee workplan

9. To receive annual executive pay market reports from the Human Resources lead.
10. To commission independent executive research on a minimum triennial cycle.