Committees

Jeremy Darroch

Chair of the Audit Committee

The role of the Audit Committee is to monitor the integrity of financial information and to provide assurance to the Board that the Group’s internal controls and risk management systems are appropriate and regularly reviewed, together with overseeing the work of the external auditors, approving their remuneration and recommending their appointment.

Orna NiChionna

Chair of the Remuneration Committee

The role of the Remuneration Committee is to ensure that remuneration for the executive directors and other senior executives enables them to be completely focused on driving the Company’s performance and delivering the key strategies in a responsible way. It is also their responsibility to ensure that remuneration received by the executive directors is aligned with the levels of performance achieved and the value delivered to shareholders.

Dr Gerry Murphy

Chair of the Nomination Committee

The role of the Nomination Committee is the following.

• To review the balance and composition of the Board and its Committees, ensuring that they remain appropriate.
• To be responsible for overseeing the Board’s succession planning requirements in light of the Group’s strategy and the Group’s position on diversity and inclusion. This includes the identification and assessment of potential Board candidates and making recommendations to the Board for its approval.
•  To keep under review the leadership needs of, and succession planning for, the Group in relation to both its executive directors and other senior executives.