AUDIT AND RISK, REMUNERATION AND NOMINATION COMMITTEES
As envisaged by the UK Corporate Governance Code, the board has established Audit and Risk,
Remuneration and Nomination Committees. The UK Corporate Governance Code requires that the Audit and Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee should each have at least three independent nonexecutive directors and that the Nomination Committee should have at least three directors, a majority of which should be independent non-executive directors.
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Audit and Risk Committee
The Audit and Risk Committee comprises the three independent non-executive directors, and is chaired by Dermot Mathias.
The Audit and Risk Committee will normally meet at least three times a year at the appropriate times in the reporting and audit cycle and the external auditor, the Chief Finance Officer and the Chief Risk Officer are invited to attend committee meetings on a regular basis. The committee has responsibility for, amongst other things, the monitoring of the financial integrity of the financial statements of the Group and the involvement of the Group’s auditors in that process, together with providing oversight and advice to the Board in relation to current and potential future risk exposures of the Group, reviewing and approving various formal reporting requirements and promoting a risk awareness culture within the Group.
The terms of reference of the Audit and Risk Committee cover such issues as membership and the frequency of meetings, as mentioned above, together with requirements of any quorum for and the right to attend meetings. The duties of the Audit and Risk Committee covered in the terms of reference are: financial reporting, narrative reporting, external audit, risk strategy and policy, compliance, bribery, fraud and risk management function remit. The terms of reference also set out the authority of the committee to carry out its duties.