People Committee

The purpose of the People Committee is to provide the FRC Executive with challenge, constructive dialogue and strategic direction on issues relating to the appointment and recruitment, remuneration, talent management and welfare of FRC staff and non-executive members and to take high-level decisions on such issues as necessary.

Ruwan Weerasekera

Chairman

Ruwan is the former COO and a Managing Partner of SoftBank Investment Advisers, a Managing Director and COO for Securities at UBS Investment Bank and Partner of Accenture. He is also a former Senior Independent Director of ICBC Standard Bank PLC and a Non-Executive Director of London North West University Health Care Trust.

Appointed 1 September 2021

Ruwan is also a non-executive director of the FRC Board, a member of the Audit & Risk Committee, the Non-Executive Director designated for engagement with the workforce.

David Childs

Member

David Childs was the Managing Partner of Clifford Chance from 2006 until 30th April 2014.

Appointed 1 May 2014. His term of office was extended by the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy from 1 May 2020 to 31 December 2020.
He previously held roles as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Corporate Practice. He joined the firm in 1973 and became a partner in 1981. David has an LLB from Sheffield University and an LLM from University College London.

David is a non-executive director of the FRC Board and Chair of the Conduct Committee.

Keith Skeoch

Member

Keith Skeoch is currently Chair of the Investment Association, a member of the UK Takeover Panel and Chair of the Aberdeen Standard Investment Research Institute.

Keith joined Standard Life Investments (SLI) in 1999 as Chief Investment Officer and was appointed Chief Executive of that division in 2004 and to the main board of Standard Life plc following demutualisation in 2006. Keith led the exponential growth of SLI in terms of assets under management, geographic footprint, revenue stream, organisational capability and brand strength. He was appointed CEO of Standard Life plc in 2015 and then as CEO of Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) having led the separation of the life business to Phoenix in 2018 and the subsequent formation of a global, focussed and capital light investment house. Keith stepped down as CEO of SLA in September 2020.

Keith is interim Chair of the Board.