Board meetings/Executive Working Group

This terms of reference is at draft status and yet to be approved by the board.

Terms of reference for the Executive committee

The Executive Committee comprises the Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Executive. The committee is appointed with specific and limited delegated authority and responsibility for operational matters. The Committee meets three weeks after each board meeting, either for 3 hours on a Tuesday evening or for a longer period in-person at a weekend, and at other times as agreed and notified to the Board. All other Board members may attend and speak. Minutes will be posted at Board meetings shortly after the meeting ends.

Scope

The Executive may address areas or topics specifically delegated to the Committee by the Board and will also routinely have authority and responsibility for:

• executing agreed operational contingency plans
• executing the operational plan once agreed by the Board
• directing and monitoring performance of processes and programmes of operational activities
• prioritizing initiatives and allocating resource against an approved budget

In addition the Executive may develop and commission recommendations for board approval including:

• developing and recommending operational plans and procedural changes to the Board in order to fulfil the mission and strategy of WMUK
• recommending strategic and forecasting processes
• recommending to the board systems, policies and practices in respect of all compliance, risk management, health, safety, corporate responsibility and environmental issues to ensure compliance with best practice and regulatory standards