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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.

John Coomber

Member

John Coomber joined Swiss Re in 1973. In 1993, he was made Head of the UK operations. He was appointed a member of the Group Executive Board in 1995, responsible for the Life & Health division and was Swiss Re’s Chief Executive Officer from 2003 to 2005. He was a member of the Group’s Board of Directors from 2006 to 2014.

Appointed 1 November 2021

He joined the Board of Pension Insurance Corporation as a Non Exec Director in 2006, was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2009 until June 2015 and continued as a Director until May 2017.

He has previously been Chairman of MH (GB) Limited, a Director of Euler Hermes, Chairman of The Climate Group, Chairman of Climatewise and a member of the Deutsche Bank Climate Advisory Board.

He has a degree in Theoretical Mechanics from Nottingham University, is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

John is also a non-executive director of the FRC Board, the Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and a member of the Regulatory Standards & Codes Committee.