Public Employees Pension Scheme: Committee of Management: Appointment

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A decision made on 20 July 2018

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2018-0120
Decision summary title Public Employees Pension Scheme: Board of Management nomination
Decision summary author	Projects Director – Pensions	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title: Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund: Board of Management nomination
Report author or name of person giving report	Projects Director - Pensions	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision: To appoint Mr John Everett to the Committee of Management of the Public Employees Pension Scheme as an employer representative for a period not exceeding 5 years. Regulation 3(2) of the Public Employees (Pension Scheme) (Administration) (Jersey) Regulations 2015 states “The Chairman and members of the Committee must be appointed by the Chief Minister on the recommendation of the Minister for the States Treasury and Exchequer for a period not exceeding 5 years as the Chief Minister specifies at the time of making the appointment. In the case of a member of the Committee, the Minister may extend the member’s initial term of office by re-appointing the member for a second but final term of office not exceeding 5 years.”
Resource implications: None
Action required: Project and Research Officer CMD to advise the Projects Director – Pensions of the Chief Ministers Decision.
Signature			Position Senator J Le Fondré Chief Minister

Date signed			Effective date of the decision: Immediate

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Public Employees Pension Scheme: Committee of Management: Appointment

CHIEF MINISTER

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PENSION SCHEME

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT- NOMINEE

Purpose of the Report

The Chief Minister is asked to appoint a nominee to the Committee of Management of the Public Employees Pension Scheme.

Background

Regulation 2 of the Public Employees (Pension Scheme) (Administration) (Jersey) Regulations 2015 requires the following: that membership of the Committee of Management must be comprised of –

A Chairman;
5 Employer Representatives;
4 Member Representatives;
2 Pensioner Representatives, and
1 Admitted Body Representative

A reference to “employer representatives” is taken to include the admitted employer representative, and a reference to “member representatives” is taken to include the pensioner representatives.

The Chairman and members of the Committee must be appointed by the Chief Minister on the recommendation of the Minister for the States Treasury and Exchequer for a period not exceeding 5 years as the Chief Minister specifies at the time of making the appointment. In the case of a member of the Committee, the Minister may extend the member’s initial term of office by re-appointing the member for a second but final term of office not exceeding 5 years.

Process

Following an open recruitment process under Appointment Commission Guidelines, the Minister for the States Treasury and Exchequer is recommending the nomination of Mr John Everett (please see MD attached) to the Chief Minister as a replacement member following the resignation of Mr Stuart Lusby.

The term of office is for a 5 year period.

Recommendation

For the Chief Minister to agree that the nominee identified has the requisite experience, skills and background to act in the capacity of employer representative on the Committee of Management of the Jersey Public Employees Pension Fund and approves his nomination accordingly.

For the Chief Minister to sign a Ministerial Decision implementing the appoint of Mr Everett.

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

July 2018