Pubic Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme: Appointment of Chairman of The Committee of Management.

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A decision made (08/05/2008) regarding: Pubic Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme: Appointment of Chairman of The Committee of Management.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2008-0058
Decision Summary Title:	Pubic Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme: Appointment of Chairman of The Committee of Management		Date of Decision Summary:	2 May 2008
Decision Summary Author:	Chris Bambury		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 for three year period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2011		Date of Written Report:	2 May 2008
Written Report Author:	Chris Bambury		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: In accordance with Regulation 3 (6) of the Public Employees (Contributory Retirement Scheme) (General) (Jersey) Regulations 1989 the Chairman of the Committee of Management shall be appointed by the States on the recommendation of the Minister for Treasury and Resources.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the Appointment of Mr Ron Amy as Chairman of the PECRS Committee of Management for three years commencing 1 July 2008.
Reason(s) for Decision: To recommend the appointment of the Chairman of the PECRS Committee of Management
Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower Implications.
Action required: The Treasury and Resources Minister to recommend the appointment of Mr Ron Amy as Chairman of the PECRS Committee of Management to the States and for the Report and Proposition to be presented to the States at the earliest opportunity.
Signature:		Position: Senator T A Le Sueur, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed: 8 May 2008		Date of Decision: 8 May 2008

Pubic Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme: Appointment of Chairman of The Committee of Management.

PROPOSITION

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SCHEME COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT: APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN.

The States are asked to decide whether they are of opinion -

to approve, in accordance with Regulation 3 (6) of the Public Employees (Contributory Retirement Scheme) (General) (Jersey) Regulations 1989, the appointment of Mr Ronald Amy O.B.E. as Chairman of the Committee of Management, for a period of three years commencing 1st July, 2008.

REPORT

In 1989 the States set up a Committee of Management for the Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme (R & O 7956 refers).

The Chairman of the Committee is appointed by the States for a period of three years on a recommendation of the Minister for Treasury and Resources. Mr R J Amy was appointed by the States in 1990 and has remained as Chairman to date. The Minister for Treasury and Resources is pleased to recommend his name to the States for re-appointment from the expiry of his present term on 30th June this year.

Mr Amy is a well known and respected figure in the pension industry and is a former Chairman and Chief Executive of Aon Consulting. He is the independent Chairman of Trustees of the Exel Retirement Plan, The Tibbett & Britten Pension Scheme and the Allied Domecq Pension Schemes. Mr Amy was appointed Chairman of the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Management Board from 1 April 2007.

He has served as Chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds in the United Kingdom and is a former board member of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority. Mr Amy was awarded the O.B.E. in 1998 for services to the pensions industry.

Mr Amy has proved a very able and successful Chairman of the Committee of Management whose members have confirmed their wish that Mr Amy should continue as Chairman of the Committee. Accordingly, the Minister for Treasury and Resources makes the proposition.