Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee ensures that the remuneration and reward package offered to staff, Board members and advisers is reviewed and amended appropriately.
Membership
- Beatrice Fraenkel (Chair)
- Alan Jago
- Susan Ware
- Duncan Brown (Committee adviser)
Members of the Remuneration Committee are appointed annually by the Board. The committee consists of no fewer than three members, and the committee Chair is the Chair of the Board. The remaining members will consist of at least one elected and one appointed member.
Meetings and procedures
- The quorum of the committee shall be two members.
- The committee will meet at least annually or as necessary. Additional meetings can be called by the committee Chair at any time, giving 14 days’ notice.
- Meetings of the committee shall be minuted and submitted to the Board. Minutes will be placed in the open session of the Board, unless confidential matters were discussed which would necessitate the minutes being placed in the confidential session of the Board.
- The Registrar shall attend meetings, but will not be in attendance while discussion takes place regarding his/her own remuneration and reward package.
- At the request of the committee, members of the Executive shall attend meetings.
- At the request of the Committee, external advisers shall attend meetings.
Duties
- To be the guardian of the principles and policies governing the pay and reward of ARB’s staff.
- To consider and agree changes to those principles and policies, as appropriate.
- To review the performance of advisers retained to advise the Board on benefit provisions.
- To receive and consider evidence of movements in the external pay and reward market affecting the recruitment and retention of ARB’s staff, which may include an external review of the pay and reward package offered.
- To consider and determine the pay and reward package of the Registrar & Chief Executive.
- To consider and agree the annual cost of living increase awarded to staff.
- To review and recommend to the Board annually the remuneration of Board members, panel members and advisers, including travel and subsistence payments.
- To provide an annual Remuneration Report to the Board.
- The committee shall undertake any other matters as requested by the Board from time to time.

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