Public Employees Pension Fund: Committee of Management nominations

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A decision made on 6 November 2020

Decision Reference: MD-C-2020-0085
Decision Summary Title:	Public Employees Pension Fund: Committee of Management nominations		Date of Decision Summary:	26th October 2020
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Shared Services		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Nominations to the Public Employees Pension Fund (PEPF) Committee of Management.		Date of Written Report:	26th October 2020
Written Report Author:	Head of Shared Services		Written Report: Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Nominations to the Public Employees Pension Fund (PEPF) Committee of Management
Decision(s): On the recommendation of the Minister for Treasury and Exchequer, the Chief Minister appoints Charlotte Guillaume and Gailina Liew to the Committee of Management of the Public Employees Pension Fund as employer representatives for a period of 5 years.
Reason(s) for Decision: Regulation 2(2) of the Public Employees (Pension Scheme) (Administration) (Jersey) Regulations 2015 states that the Committee is to be made up of 5 employer representatives, 4 member representatives, 2 pensioner representatives, and 1 admitted employer representative. Due to the decision of two employer representatives to resign their positions on the Committee of Management, there is a requirement to appoint two new members to replace them. Following a fair and transparent selection process in line with the Appointment Commission guidelines two new members were chosen for appointment to the Committee of Management. Regulation 3(2) of the Public Employees (Pension Scheme) (Administration) (Jersey) Regulations 2015 requires members of the Committee be appointed by the Chief Minister on the recommendation of the Minister for the Treasury and Exchequer for a period not exceeding 5 years as the Chief Minister specifies at the time of making the appointment. The Minister for Treasury and Exchequer signed a ministerial decision on 23rd October 2020 recommending to the Chief Minister the appointment of Charlotte Guillaume and Gailina Liew.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: The Administration & Research Officer to notify the Head of Shared Services once the decision has been signed.
Signature:		Position: Senator John Le Fondré, Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Public Employees Pension Fund: Committee of Management nominations

Chief Minister Decision Report

Nominations to the Public Employees Pension Fund (PEPF) Committee of Management

Purpose of the Report

1.1. To appoint two employer representatives to the Committee of Management of the Public Employees Pension Fund (PEPF).

Background

2.1. Regulation 2 of the Public Employees (Pension Scheme) (Administration) (Jersey) Regulations 2015 (Administration Regulations) requires the membership of the PEPF Committee of Management to comprise of –

A Chairman;
5 Employer Representatives;
4 Member Representatives;
2 Pensioner Representatives, and
1 Admitted Body Representative

2.2. A reference to “employer representatives” is taken to include the admitted employer representative, and a reference to “member representatives” is taken to include the pensioner representatives.

2.3. Regulation 3(1) of the Administration Regulations requires that the appointment of the Chairman and members of the Committee be performed in accordance with the guidelines produced by the Jersey Appointments Commission under Article 24 of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005.

2.4. Two employer representative roles have become available following the resignations of Mr Steve Warner and Mr Terry Le Sueur.

2.5. Following consultation with People Services, it was determined that the recruitment process would not require direct involvement of the Appointments Commission. The honorary roles were advertised externally on www.gov.je and there were 5 applicants who were all invited to interview.

2.6. The panel for the selection process was chaired by Graham Chidlow (Head of Shared Service Centre), and included Gordon Pollock (Chairman of the Committee of Management) and Stephanie Holloway (Head of Wellbeing for the Government of Jersey).

2.7. All applicants were considered equally on merit by the panel at each stage of the selection process, and following a fair and transparent selection process two applicants, Charlotte Guillaume and Gailina Liew, were chosen for nomination to the Committee. Details of their backgrounds are included at Appendix A.

2.8. In accordance with Regulation 3(1) of the Administration Regulations, new members to the Committee must be appointed by the Chief Minister on the recommendation of the Minister for Treasury and Exchequer for a period not exceeding 5 years as the Chief Minister specifies at the time of making the appointment.

2.9. On 23rd October 2020, the Minister for Treasury & Exchequer signed a ministerial decision recommending to the Chief Minister the appointment of Charlotte Guillaume and Gailina Liew (copy attached).

Recommendation

3.1. The Chief Minister is requested to appoint Charlotte Guillaume and Gailina Liew to the Committee of Management of the Public Employees Pension Fund as employer representatives for a period of 5 years.

GC/T&E/PENS

October 2020

APPENDIX A

EMPLOYER NOMINEE BACKGROUND

Charlotte Guillaume

Charlotte graduated from Reading University in 1990 with BSc (hons) and joined Friends Provident Life Office, Dorking, Surrey. This work included head office administration and supervision of Group PHI schemes, Executive Pension Plans, Section 226 policies and Small Self-Administered Schemes.

In 1994 Charlotte completed the Associateship examinations for the Chartered Insurance Institute and in 1999 completed Advanced Financial Planning Certificate paper G60 Pensions.

In 1995 Charlotte moved to Jersey and joined Rossborough Financial specialising in the administration of Rossborough's portfolio of Group Pension and Employee benefit schemes. In 1998 Charlotte was appointed to the Board of Directors and in 2004 appointed as Managing Director. Following the birth of her son in 2006 Charlotte stepped down as Managing Director but remains on the Board as a Director.

Charlotte's current responsibilities include Compliance and regulatory procedures for Rossborough Financial Services Limited in both Jersey and Guernsey. Charlotte continues to have an involvement in the management of Group Final Salary, Group Money Purchase, Executive Pension Plans and personal pensions and also related Group Life and Permanent Health Insurance schemes.

Gailina Liew

Gailina Liew is an entrepreneur and board director with a legal, scientific and international business background. She has served on a wide range of boards and committees that span the listed company, regulatory, public and voluntary sectors. Her current roles reflect a deep commitment to public service and include senior independent director of Digital Jersey, board member of the Jersey Data Protection Authority, commissioner for tax appeals, adult advisory panel member for the Children’s Commissioner, invited governor of Hautlieu School, trustee of ArtHouse Jersey and the Shelter Trust, and founding executive director of the Jersey Policy Forum.

Prior roles include non-executive board director of a listed J.P. Morgan investment fund, vice-chair of the Jersey Appointments Commission, adjudicative member of the Ontario Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, legal counsel to a venture capital fund, president of a listed molecular diagnostics company and board chair of a regional economic development agency focused on technology, innovation and life sciences. Gailina holds a BSc in molecular genetics (Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada), an LLB (Western University, Canada), an MBA (Northwestern and York universities, USA & Canada) and is a certified adjudicator and mediator.