Teachers' Superannuation Fund: Board of Management: Appointment

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A decision made on 29 July 2018

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2018-0106
Decision summary title: Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund: 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: The Chief Minister appointed a representative to the Board of Management of the Teachers’ Superannuation Fund. Article 3 of the Teachers’ Superannuation Fund (Administration) (Jersey) Order 2007 gives the Chief Minister the power to appoint a representative to the Board of Management to act for the Employers’ side following a recommendation of the Education Minister.
Resource implications: None
Action required: Project and Research Officer CMD to advise the Projects Director – Pensions of the Chief Ministers Decision.
Signature			Position Senator John Le Fondre Chief Minister

Date signed			Effective date of the decision: Immediate

Teachers' Superannuation Fund: Board of Management: Appointment

CHIEF MINISTER

JERSEY TEACHERS’ SUPERANNUATION FUND

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT - NOMINEE

Purpose of the Report

The Chief Minister is asked to approve a nomination to the Board of Management of the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund.

Background

Paragraph 3 of the Teachers’ Superannuation (Administration) (Jersey) Order 2007 requires the following – that membership of the Board of Management consists of twelve representatives in total, 2 to be recommended by the Chief Minister, 2 by the Minister for Treasury and Resources, and 2 by the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture whilst the remaining six are nominated by the relevant teachers’ representative bodies.

The Chairman of the Board, Mr Gordon Pollock, was appointed by the Chief Minister in 2007, and holds office for the period agreed to by a majority of the member representatives and a majority of the employer representatives.

Comments

The Education Minister has recommended the nomination of Mr John Everett as a replacement member following the resignation of Mr Tom McKeon.

Recommendation

The Chief Minister agrees that the nominee identified above has the requisite experience, skills and background to act in the capacity of employer representative on the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund Board of Management and approves his nomination accordingly.

The Chief Minister signs the Ministerial Decision implementing the decision.

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

May 2018