Jersey Teachers' Superannuation Fund: Board of Management: Nomination of Employers' Representative

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A decision made 15 May 2018:

Decision reference:

Decision Summary Title :

Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund: Board of Management nomination

Date of Decision Summary:

15-05-2018

Decision Summary Author:

Projects Director – Pensions

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund:

Nomination

Date of Written Report:

15.05.18

Written Report Author:

Project Director - Pensions

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Subject:

Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund

Replacement member for the Management Board for the remaining period of 2018.

Decision(s):

The Minister for Education, Sport and Culture approved the nomination of

Mr John Everett

To the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Board of Management to act as a representative for the Employers’ side.

Reason(s) for the Decision:

Article 3 of the Teachers’ Superannuation Fund (Administration) (Jersey) Order 2007 gives the Minister for Education the power to recommend two representatives to the Board of Management to act for the Employers’ side.

Resource Implications:

None

Action required:

The Director Policy and Planning to inform the Treasury and Resources Department that this decision has been approved. Project and Research Officer CMD to advise the Projects Director – Pensions of the Chief Minister’s decision.

Signature:

Position:

Minister for Education

Date Signed:

29-05-2018

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

15-05-2018

Jersey Teachers' Superannuation Fund: Board of Management: Nomination of Employers' Representative

JERSEY TEACHERS’ SUPERANNUATION FUND

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT - NOMINEE

Purpose of the Report

The Education Minister is asked to approve a nomination to the Board of Management of the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund.

Background

Paragraph 3 of the Teachers’ Superannuation (Administration) (Jersey) Order 2007 requires the following – that membership of the Board of Management consists of twelve representatives in total, 2 to be recommended by the Chief Minister, 2 by the Minister for Treasury and Resources, and 2 by the Minister for Education whilst the remaining six are nominated by the relevant teachers’ representative bodies.

The Chairman of the Board, Mr Gordon Pollock, was appointed by the Chief Minister in 2014, and holds office for the period agreed to by a majority of the member representatives and a majority of the employer representatives.

Subject to the support of the Education Minister, the nomination will be forwarded to the States Employment Board for approval, and the Chief Minister will be asked to sign a Ministerial Decision to implement the decision.

Comments

Following the resignation of Mr Tom McKeon, a previous nominee of the Education Minister, an open recruitment process was undertaken – following Appointment Committee Guidelines - and Mr John Everett is recommended as the replacement member.

Recommendation

It is recommended the Education Minister should nominate the following person to serve as an employer representative of the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund Board of Management.

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.

MB/TRY/PENS

May 2018