Agenda item

Joint note of the Vice Chairman of Gresham College Council and Chairman of the City Side (copy attached).

The Chairman advised the Committee that Sir Roderick Floud was planning to retire once his current term as Provost expired in August 2014. Sir Roderick was also the Chairman of the Council of the College and the Committee were being asked to consider the process for appointing a new Provost, and whether the Chairmanship should be separate from the Provostship. A proposal had been put forward for Sir Roderick to continue as Chairman, but Members felt that this might impede the work of the incoming Provost and that there were other ways of paying respect to Sir Roderick and retaining his expertise.

It was agreed that the Chairman and Deputy Chairman be nominated to represent the City Side on the Nominations Committee. Members also agreed that the decision whether to retain the joint post or to split it should be made after the incoming Provost had been selected. Deputy Anthony Eskenzi advised that in previous years the Chairmen from the Mercers and City side had alternated in taking the Chairmanship for one year terms.