Jersey Employment Trust: Appointment of Chairman

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A decision made on 4 December 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2015-0099
Decision Summary Title :	Appointment of Chairman to the Jersey Employment Trust		Date of Decision Summary:	03 December 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Safeguarding and Management Services		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Appointment of Chairman to the Jersey Employment Trust		Date of Written Report:	03 December 2015
Written Report Author:	Head of Safeguarding and Management Services		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Appointment of Chairman to the Jersey Employment Trust
Decision(s): The Minister approved the appointment of Mr Geoffrey Cook as Chairman of the Jersey Employment Trust (JET), as set out in the JET Constitution, in consultation with the Education Minister and Health and Social Services Minister.
Reason(s) for Decision In accordance with the JET Constitution the Social Security Minister is required to appoint the Chairman. Following a process overseen by the Jersey Appointments Commission, the Social Security Minister in consultation with the Education Minister and the Health and Social Services Minister, agreed to appoint Mr Geoffrey Cook as Chairman of the JET for a three year term of office commencing from the date of this decision.
Resource Implications: There are no financial or resource implications arising from this appointment.
Action required: Head of Safeguarding and Management Services to provide formal notification of the appointment.
Signature		Position Minister for Social Security
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Jersey Employment Trust: Appointment of Chairman

Social Security

Ministerial Decision Report

Appointment of Chairman to the Jersey Employment Trust

The Social Security Minister received notification that Mr Stephen Platt would stand down as Chairman of the Jersey Employment Trust (JET), having completed the maximum term permitted under the JET Constitution.

In accordance with the JET Constitution, the Minister for Social Security is required to appoint the Chairman, in consultation with the Education Minister and the Health and Social Services Minister.

Following a formal recruitment process overseen by the Jersey Appointments Commission Mr Geoff Cook was the unanimous candidate recommended for appointment by the Panel.

Mr Cook joined Jersey Finance as Chief Executive in January 2007. In promoting the finance industry, Mr Cook visits many of the world's leading finance centres on a regular basis, highlighting the strengths of the island as a financial jurisdiction and updating Government officials, regulators, finance professionals and international investors on legal and regulatory developments and service innovations offered by Jersey.

Prior to his role at Jersey Finance, Mr Cook was Head of Wealth Management for HSBC Bank Plc, based in London, and responsible for the delivery of Financial Planning Services to the 10 million HSBC customers in the UK. His earlier career was spent at a senior management level with HSBC Bank plc in the UK and as Head of Personal Financial Services and Deputy to the Chief Executive at HSBC Bank International Limited in Jersey. Mr Cook is a Chartered Director, a Fellow of the ifs School of Finance, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, and a Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

All three Ministers are satisfied that Mr Cook has suitable knowledge and experience to undertake the role of JET Chairman.