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Background and committee overviewThe CBI is a not-for-profit organisation and was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1965. The ultimate governing body of the CBI is its Council, comprising a broad representation of its membership. In practice, the Council has delegated the majority of its decision-making powers to the Chairmen's Committee and the CBI Board. The CBI consults and supports its members through a regional organisation. Each of these 13 regions has a regional council elected from the members and is supported by CBI staff located locally. There are also 16 standing committees of the CBI charged with supporting specific areas of policy or members. Through this regional and standing committee structure the CBI is able to consult its members and involve them in policy formulation. The Chairmen's Committee (which has at least 10% of its members representing SMEs) is made up of the chairmen of the 13 elected regional councils and of the 16 standing committees. It takes the lead responsibility for setting the CBI's position on all policy matters. It proposes to the annual general meeting of members a candidate for election as president of the CBI, and a candidate for deputy president. The CBI Board is comprised of both CBI staff executive directors (which must include the director-general, the deputy director-general and the finance director) and at least an equal number of non-executive directors (restricted to a maximum of five) from the membership. Its role is to take lead responsibility for all operational and financial matters – including governance. The president chairs both the Chairmen's Committee and the CBI Board. A President's Committee, made up of members, advises the president. The president, with the approval of the Chairmen's Committee (under its delegated powers), appoints the director-general, who is responsible for the management of the CBI. The Council Chairmen's Committee President's Committee CBI Board Audit Committee Finance & General Purposes Committee Annual report and accounts 2009-2010 The CouncilThe Council of the CBI is the governing body under the CBI's charter and bye-laws. Its members are:
Contact: Lucy Findlay 020 7395 8002 Chairmen's CommitteeThe Chairmen’s Committee is constituted as a standing committee, with delegated authority of the Council. It has a membership of 30, consisting of the chairmen of the regional, SME and Trade Association Councils, and of the remaining standing committees. The president (or deputy president/director-general) chairs it.Its role is to:
Contact: Lucy Findlay 020 7395 8002 President's CommitteeThe President's Committee advises the president on the CBI's aims and objectives as well as on negotiations and relationships with other public and private bodies. Its members are the CBI president and deputy president, representatives of leading CBI members together with the chairs of the CBI's SME Council and the Trade Association Council. The Committee meets four or five times a year.Contact: Lucy Findlay 020 7395 8002 CBI BoardThe CBI Board is chaired by the president and is constituted as a standing committee, with delegated authority of both the Council and the Finance & General Purposes Committee. It is responsible for all matters other than those of the Chairmen's Committee and those retained by the Council and the Finance & General Purposes Committee. In summary its responsibilities are to:
Contact: Cedric Kennedy 020 7395 8135 Audit CommitteeThe CBI Board has established an audit committee that is required to meet at least twice a year and the external auditors may request a meeting if they consider it necessary. Further appointments to the Audit Committee have to be approved by the CBI Board. The terms of reference of the Audit Committee are to:
Contact: Cedric Kennedy 020 7395 8135 Finance and General Purposes CommitteeThis committee, which is constituted by the CBI's charter and bye-laws, has delegated all those powers it can to the CBI Board but meets occasionally to discharge its remaining obligations. Its members are the president and those non-executive members of the CBI Board who are also members of the Council.Contact: Cedric Kennedy 020 7395 8135 Please use the left-hand menu to go to another page |
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