Agenda item

To appoint the Committees until the first meeting of the Court in April 2025 and to agree the terms of reference and constitution for each Committee.

 

(A list of the proposed appointments, terms of reference including proposed amendments, and constitutions has been separately circulated).

 

(Unless otherwise stated, the requirement for certain Committees to have a Member with fewer than five or ten years’ service on the Court, at the time of their appointment, or where primary residence must be in the City, is fulfilled by the existing membership).

 

(Supporting statements in respect of the contested vacancies outlined below and in relation to Item 7 (A) and (B) are set out immediately following the White Paper, at pages 89-108).

 

Nominations received for vacancies of varying terms:-

 

Where appropriate:

* Denotes a Member standing for re-appointment by the Court of Common Council.

^#Denotes a Member who has fewer than five years’ service on the Court at the time of the appointment

^ Denotes a Member who currently serves on the Committee as either a co-opted or external member, or in an an ex-officio capacity or as a representative of another Committee with appointment rights.

† denotes a Member whose primary residence is in the City.

 

 

(A)        Policy & Resources Committee (six vacancies)

(Contest)

Nominations received:-

Deputy Emily Benn

*Deputy Keith Bottomley

Deputy Timothy Butcher

Karina Dostalova

Simon Duckworth OBE DL

Sue Farrington

Deputy Marianne Fredericks

*Deputy Caroline Haines

Josephine Hayes

*Deputy Christopher Hayward

Amy Horscroft

Gregory Lawrence

Deputy Nighat Qureshi

*Philip Woodhouse

Mark Wheatley

Irem Yerdelen

 

(B)       Investment Committee (four vacancies)

(Contest)

Nominations received:-

^#^Shahnan Bakth

^#Deputy Timothy Butcher

*Simon Duckworth OBE DL

Alderman Alison Gowman CBE

Alderman Prem Goyal OBE JP

^#^Deputy Madush Gupta

^#Stephen Hodgson

^Deputy Henry Pollard

 

The requirement for this Committee to have a Member with fewer than five years’ service on the Court, at the time of their appointment is not fulfilled by the existing membership.

 

(C)       City of London Police Authority Board (three vacancies)

            (Contest)

            Nominations received:-

†^Melissa Collett

† Deputy Helen Fentimen OBE JP

Deputy Benjamin Murphy

Sushil Saluja

James Tumbridge

 

The requirement for this Committee to have two Members whose primary residence is in the City of London, is not fulfilled by the existing membership. One further resident Member must be appointed this day.

 

(D)       Board of Governors of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (five

vacancies)

            (Contest)

Nominations received:-

^#*Deputy Emily Benn

^#*John Foley

^#Sandra Jenner

^#Tessa Marchington

^#*Suzanne Ornsby KC

^#Naresh Sonpar

 

The requirement for this Committee to have a Member with fewer than five years’ service on the Court, at the time of their appointment is not fulfilled by the existing membership.

 

(E)       Education Board (four vacancies)

            (Contest)

Nominations received:-

Deputy Anne Corbett

*Deputy Caroline Haines

*Alderman Robert Howard

Timothy McNally

*Naresh Sonpar

 

(F)        Gresham Committee (two vacancies)

(Contest)

Nominations received:-

^#Jason Groves

Shravan Joshi MBE

^#Timothy McNally

^#Fraser Peck

^#*Deputy Nighat Qureishi

^#Sushil Saluja

 

The requirement for this Committee to have a Member with fewer than five years’ service on the Court, at the time of their appointment, is not fulfilled by the existing membership.

 

 

(G)       Corporate Services Committee (Seven vacancies)

            (Contest)

            Nominations received:-

Simon Burrows

Lesley Cole

^Steve Goodman OBE

*Deputy Christopher Hayward

Stephen Hodgson

Adam Hogg

Sandra Jenner

*Timothy McNally

David Sales

*James Tumbridge

 

(H)       Barbican Centre Board (three vacancies)

            (Contest)

            Nominations received:-

Aaron D'Souza

Karina Dostalova

*Alderman Sir William Russell

*Irem Yerdelen

 

(I)         City Bridge Foundation Board (five vacancies)

            (Contest)

            Nominations received:-

*Deputy Henry Colthurst

*Simon Duckworth OBE DL

Deputy Henry Pollard

Ruby Sayed

*Dr Giles Shilson

*Deputy James Thomson CBE

 

(J)        Livery Committee (three vacancies)

            (Contest)

            Nominations received:-

Nick Bensted-Smith JP

*Deputy Keith Bottomley

Deputy Madush Gupta

Timothy McNally

Deputy Henry Pollard

Fraser Peck

David Sales

*Irem Yerdelen

 

(K)       Audit and Risk Management Committee (seven vacancies)

(No contest)

Nominations received:- 

Simon Burrows

Deputy Timothy Butcher

Stephen Hodgson

*Alderwoman Elizabeth King BEM JP

David Sales

*Ruby Sayed

*Naresh Sonpar

 

(L)        Markets Board (eight vacancies)

            (No contest)

            Nominations received:-

Deputy Marianne Fredericks

*Charles Edward Lord OBE JP

*Wendy Mead OBE

*Deputy Henry Pollard

Jason Pritchard

Deputy Nighat Qureishi

Mark Wheatley

 

(M)       Digital Committee Services (seven vacancies)

            (No contest)

Nominations received:-

^#Simon Burrows 

^#Lesley Cole

*James Tumbridge

*Deputy Dawn Wright

 

(N)       Board of Governors of the City of London School (one vacancy)

(No contest)

Nominations received:-

David Sales

 

(O)       Natural Environment Board and West Ham Park Committee (three

vacancies)

(No contest)

Nominations received:-

Charles Edward Lord OBE JP

William Upton KC

 

(P)       Epping Forest & Commons Committee (three vacancies)

            (No contest)

            Nominations received:-

Elizabeth Corrin

*Gregory Lawrence

*Deputy Benjamin Murphy

 

(Q)       Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood & Queens Park Committee (six vacancies)

(No contest)

Nominations received:-

Simon Burrows 

*Wendy Mead OBE

*William Upton KC

 

(R)       Barbican Residential Committee (four vacancies)

            (No contest)

            Nominations received:

^Dawn Frampton

^Deputy Ceri Wilkins

 

 

(S)       Licensing Committee (eight vacancies)

            (No contest)

            Nominations received:-

*Deputy Peter Dunphy

*Jason Pritchard

Sushil Saluja

*Deputy Ceri Wilkins

 

(T)        Health and Wellbeing Board (two vacancies)

            (No contest)

            Nominations received:-

Deputy Helen Fentimen OBE JP

Sarah Gillinson

 

(U)       Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee (four vacancies)

            (No contest)

Nominations received:-

Mercy Haggerty

*David Sales

Ruby Sayed

 

(V)       Local Government Pensions Board (one vacancy)

(No contest)

Nominations received:-

Alderman Prem Goyal OBE JP

 

(W)      Freedom Applications Sub-Committee (two vacancies)

            (No contest)

Nominations received:-

Deputy Madush Gupta

Charles Edward Lord OBE JP

             

(Y)       Member Development and Standards Sub-Committee (two vacancies)

            (No contest)

            Nominations received:-

^#Timothy McNally 

^#Sandra Jenner

  

(Z)       Capital Buildings Board (three vacancies)

(No contest)

            Nominations received:-

*Charles Edward Lord OBE JP

Deputy Madush Gupta