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Panel Membership and Terms of Reference

Current Panel Membership

The Panel members are:

Bob Summers (Chairman)- Independent
Bob Holloway - DCLG
Bryan Robinson - West Sussex Council
Douglas Anderson - Hymans Robertson
Graeme Russell - Torfaen Borough Council
Ian Coleman - Wirral Council
John Hattersley - South Yorkshire Pension Fund
Jon Hayes - Audit Commission
Keith Neale – Independent Consultant
Mike Taylor - London Pension Funds Authority
Richard Harbord - Independent Consultant
Richard McIndoe - Glasgow Council
Stuart Imeson - Bradford Council
Terry Crossley - DCLG
Sue Timbrell - Law Debenture

Technical Briefing and Support

Nigel Keogh - (Secretary) CIPFA
Matthew Allen – (Policy Support Officer) CIPFA

The role and operational terms of reference for the CIPFA Pensions Panel

The CIPFA Pensions Panel is a functional, cross-sectoral Panel that reports to CIPFA’s Public Finance and Management Board (PFMB).

The PFMB has laid down generic terms of reference for all of the Panels for which it is responsible. These are set out below:

• Policy formulation and implementation within PFMB approved strategies and business plans

• Approval (by the Chair where necessary) of Institute responses to Government, professional bodies’ and other bodies’ consultation/discussion papers and exposure drafts

• Work programme formulation for recommendation to the PFMB, monitoring of programmes and reporting performance to PFMB

• The development, promotion and maintenance of best practice, standards and guidelines and the production and dissemination of relevant advice and material for members and employers, on issues falling within the Panel’s defined areas of responsibility

• The establishment of positive and productive professional relationships with Government, government departments and agencies, the national audit bodies, professional regulators and other bodies falling within the Panel’s defined areas of responsibility

• Joint working with other Panels, as appropriate, on matters of mutual interest.

• To take a five centres of government (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) perspective on the above items

The Pensions Panel focuses in particular on the following issues in so far as they impact upon public service pensions and advises other CIPFA Panels on these issues in so far as they relate to pensions:

• Accounting and auditing
• Reporting and disclosure
• Pension scheme/fund management
• Scheme governance
• Changes to the regulatory environment

The Panel meets 2 to 4 times per year and is supported by a Technical Manager from the CIPFA Secretariat.

Panel Appointments

The Panel Chair is appointed by the PFMB and candidates are selected under an open appointment process.

The Vice-chair is appointed by the Chair with the consensus of panel members.

Panel membership vacancies are advertised openly and are aimed at CIPFA members. Whilst preference is given to Institute members, non-members may be appointed from key stakeholder organisations when required.

(posted 25 July 2007)