Chairman's Announcements
Minutes:
The Chairman welcomed Bob Summers and Catherine Dix to their first meeting.
Bob Summers is one of the two appointed Independent Pension Fund Advisors to the Committee. He is highly respected figure in the local government pensions arena, his achievements include Chairman of the CIPFAs Pensions Panel, establishing the Pensions Network, being a lead financial advisor to the Local Government Association and leading the Norfolk Pension Fund to achieve nation awards for governance and performance.
Catherine Dix is the new Fund Investment and Accounting Manager. She has previously worked in the Treasury team in Corporate Finance and was involved with the Pension Fund investments four years ago when she first joined Wiltshire Council.
The Chairman reminded the Committee that the next training session has been arranged for Thursday 17th June 1000hrs. The training session will be on Corporate Governance and Social Responsible Investment issues.
With the introduction of the CIPF Knowledge and Skills Framework, the current Members training plan will be reviewed and a more formal approach will be required to ensure skills gaps can be identified and training arranged to meet these priorities. Failure to comply with the Framework will require disclosure in the future Annual Reports. A detailed report will be on the July Committee agenda to look at way to ensure compliance.