Jersey Teachers' Superannuation Fund: Board of Management: Appointments

Chief Minister

Ministerial Decision Report

JERSEY TEACHERS’ SUPERANNUATION FUND

MANAGEMENT BOARD - NOMINEES

1. Purpose of the Report

The Chief Minister is asked to appoint the following nominees to the Management Board of the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund (JTSF).

2. Background

Under the Teachers’ Superannuation (Administration) (Jersey) Order 2007 Article 3 – Appointment of members of management Board, the Chief Minister shall appoint to be members of the Management Board:

6 Employer representatives of whom –

2 shall be persons recommended by the Minister for Treasury and Resources;

2 shall be persons recommended by the Minister for Education;

2 shall be any persons that the Chief Minister thinks fit; and

6 Member representatives, who shall have been selected in the manner that the Chief Minister shall agree with the associations that appear to the Minister for Education to represent the interests of teachers.

Members of the Management Board shall hold office for 3 years and shall be eligible for re-appointment. The Chief Minister may at any time remove from office any member of the Management Board appointed by him or her under this Article.

3. Process

Employer nominees have all previously been selected following to a formal recruitment process under the Appointment Commission Guidelines and are eligible for re-appointment. Employee nominees have been nominated by the associations that represent the interests of teachers and are also eligible for re-appointment. . 

Please see appendix 1 and 2 (attached) for terms of office and background information.

4. Recommendation

Following the recommendations of both the Treasury Minister and the Minister for Education, for the Chief Minister to appoint all nominees identified under appendix 1 to join the Management Board of the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021.

 Appendix 1

JTSF MANAGEMENT BOARD

New term of office from 1st January 2019 until 31st December 2021.

Appendix 2

EMPLOYER NOMINEE – MR JOHN EVERETT

Mr John Everett has held the position of Deputy Director General at the Jersey Financial Services Commission since November 2015 (before that he was one of the JFSC’s Supervision Directors).

Prior to Jersey, Mr Everett worked at the Financial Services Authority/Financial Conduct Authority in the UK where he focused on investment management and conduct issues, including representing the United Kingdom at European Union and international committees, and negotiating EU directives and regulations for the UK together with HM Treasury.

Mr Everett is an experienced public policy professional with leadership experience of both small and large terms. In the UK he was a Director of the Electoral Reform Society for a number of years and has recently been appointed as an ‘independent’ member of the Jersey Employment Forum.

EMPLOYER NOMINEE – JOHN LEONARD

Mr Leonard is partner at SaSo Strategic Advisers and is responsible for their Private Clients based in Jersey. He joined SaSo Strategic Advisers in August 2017 having spent the previous 7 years in an established financial services business where he was responsible for providing advice to both private and corporate clients in all areas of financial planning.

Mr Leonard specialises in pensions and investments and over the last 20 years has travelled extensively throughout the Middle East, Africa and Europe visiting clients from his background as Private Banker with EFG Private Bank, Standard Chartered and SG Hambros Bank.

A Chartered MCSI achieving the certificate of Private Client Investment Advice and Management (PCIAM) from the CISI (Level 6), he has spent the last 17 years living in Jersey, is married and enjoys spending time with his 2 children and on occasions may be seen on a sports field enjoying his passions of golf, football and tennis.

EMPLOYER NOMINEE – MR TERENCE AUGUSTINE LE SUEUR, O.B.E.

Mr Le Sueur spent 24 years as a (former) States Member.   He brings considerable experience to this role from a variety of perspectives.    Having previously been Chairman of the States Employment Board, he has an understanding of employer needs in this area.   

As President for several years of the (then) Employment and Social Security Committee, and later with the Treasury function, Mr Le Sueur has had many years’ practical experience in the analysis of actuarial advice and valuations relating to pension schemes, and is well up-to-date with current thinking in these matters.   

He was also involved as a political representative on various fund investment sub-committees.   Previously, Mr Le Sueur spent many years as a practising Chartered Accountant before retiring in 2000. Mr Le Sueur has the requisite experience, skills and background to act in the capacity of representative of the Employer’s side of the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund Management Board.

EMPLOYER NOMINEE – MR JOHN MILLS, C.B.E.

After studying Medieval History at The Queen’s College, Oxford, and undertaking a research degree at Merton College, Mr Mills had an extensive public sector career from the 1970s until a decade ago: in London, Hong Kong, as chief executive of a large English local authority, and in Jersey, where for four years he was chief executive of the former Policy & Resources Department and the Island’s senior civil servant. His senior roles in London included several years as a member of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit and as a director at DEFRA.

Since 2007 he has held a range of non-executive roles in the statutory sector in Jersey, including as a board member of the Jersey Financial Services Commission and as Deputy Chairman and senior independent director at Ports of Jersey Ltd. Since 2014 he has been the Jersey-based director on the board of the Channel Islands Financial Ombudsman. In 2017 he was appointed as the country’s first Charity Commissioner.

He has been an employer representative on the PEPF Committee of Management since 2009, chairing the Investment sub-Committee since 2013, and on the Teachers’ Superannuation Scheme Management Board since 2011.

EMPLOYER NOMINEE – MR JASON TURNER, MSc, ACMA, CGMA

Mr Turner is the Parish of St Helier’s Chief Executive Officer responsible for the strategic leadership, operational management and delivery of Parish services.

With significant experience in the UK, encompassing both public and private sectors, Mr Turner moved to Jersey in 2000 and prior to his current appointment held a number of senior public sector positions in the island in both the Health Department and Treasury.

A qualified accountant with an MSc. In Information Systems, he has extensive experience in financial management, information technology and digital transformation.

EMPLOYER NOMINEE – MR GERALD WHITE

Mr White has extensive experience in human resources and remuneration issues, including pension scheme management. He started his career as an O&M Analyst for British Telecom in London, before joining States Personnel in Jersey, where he worked from 1977 to 1984 as O&M Analyst, Job Evaluation Manager and finally Personnel Development Manager. 

He joined Standard Chartered Bank locally in 1984 and spent some 20 years with them in both in Jersey and in London, undertaking a range of human resources roles, local, global and corporate.  He ended his career with Standard Chartered as Director, Human Resources and Training – Offshore Businesses, while also covering the role of Regional Head of Human Resources for the UK and Europe. 

For the 12 years to 2017 Mr White worked as a consultant on human resources and remuneration matters for local consultancy Hassell Blampied Associates, focusing on remuneration surveys and advice, and sensitive investigatory work.  

Mr White was Chairman of the Jersey Branch of the British Institute of Management from 1987 to 1990, a Trustee and Secretary of the Standard Chartered Offshore Islands Pension Scheme, and an Executive Director of Standard Chartered Grindlays (Offshore) Ltd.  He currently chairs the States Members Remuneration Review Body.  He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 

EMPLOYEE NOMINEE – MR MARK BARDSLEY

Mr Mark Bardsley was born in Bolton and worked as Engineer from 1982 until 2003, he achieved a BEng (Hons) in mechanical and production engineering. He started out as a multiskilled Mechanical Engineer and completed his career as Trouble-Shooter/Project Manager for a filtration company in Portsmouth.

After a change in vocation, he started his PGCE teaching training in 2003 in Portsmouth and moved to Jersey with his wife Victoria in 2004. He has enjoyed teaching Science and Mathematics at Grainville, Le Quennevais and now currently teaches Mathematics at Highlands College. In his spare time he likes to play guitar and cook food.

EMPLOYEE NOMINEE – MR TIMOTHY BALSTON

Mr Balston returned to Jersey after teaching successfully in the London Borough of Waltham Forest for twelve years, securing a post at Le Rocquier School. He completed twenty six years’ service in 2015.

Throughout his career he has been a member of the National Union for Teachers. His past roles in the union have included being a school representative, the President and Secretary of the Jersey Association of Teachers (NUT). He is currently acting as Secretary of the National Educational Union, Jersey District and heavily engaged in current union affairs negotiating on behalf of school members.

At present he is also Secretary, Trustee and an active listener for the Jersey Branch of The Samaritans. Having put three children through university, he feels his prudent approach will be helpful as a member of the JTSF.

EMPLOYEE NOMINEE – MR CHRIS BEIRNE

Mr Beirne is a representative of the Jersey Association of Headteachers. He has been Headmaster of Beaulieu Convent School for the past 14 years He is currently one off our most experienced Headteachers having previously held senior positions at Jersey College for Girls and Victoria College before moving to Beaulieu. 

He has represented the Jersey Association of Headteachers as a member of the pension management board since 2007 and continues to serve the association in being asked to represent them having gained significant experience over these years in this work.

Mr Beirne has also served on the States of Jersey Complaints panel since 2009 and has been one of its vice-chairmen since 2014. 

EMPLOYEE NOMINEE – MR GARY BURTON

Mr Burton has recently retired from teaching Maths and Computer Science for the last thirty seven years.

He has been an active member of the National Union of Teachers (now merged with the former Association of Teachers and Lecturers to form the National Education Union) for more than twenty five years and is a former President of the Jersey Branch.

He has maintained an interest in teachers' pensions since his return to Jersey in 1985 and has been a Member of the JTSF Board since its inception in 2007. He has served on both the investment and audit sub committees and is currently one of the JTSF representatives on the Treasury Advisory Panel for the States of Jersey Common Investment Fund, where investments for the teachers' superannuation fund are now located. 

In his spare time, Mr Burton is keen on cycling around the green lanes of Jersey as well as singing tenor in a local choir.

EMPLOYEE NOMINEE – MR ADRIAN DESMOND

Mr Desmond was born in Cork City Ireland and moved to Jersey in 1989.  He has worked in various educational areas e.g. Highlands College and London Southbank University.  He worked in hospitality and Electronics and Electrical background for approximately 10-years before moving to Highlands College where he has worked as a Technician and progressed to Lecturer status 2009 achieving full status in 2011.

Achieved First Class BSc (Hons) Construction Management 2015 through London Southbank University and recently completed 2396 Design and Verification of Electrical Installations in 2018.

EMPLOYEE NOMINEE – MR TERRY SHAW

Mr Shaw came to Jersey in 1987 as Head of Maths at Le Rocquier School before becoming a Senior Teacher and part of the Leadership team.  

He has been involved with the NASUWT on the island since 1987.  He became the local representative for a period of 6 years which involved case work, pay talks and areas surrounding conditions of service.

In 2003 he left Le Rocquier and moved to Beaulieu where he was responsible for assessment recording and reporting.  

Mr Shaw retired in 2012 but continues to work for 10 hours a week at Beaulieu across a number of areas.  He retired completely in 2014 and has been on the Management Board since its inception in 2007 as a NASUWT representative.