People Committee
Role of the 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.
| Name | Terms of Reference |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 8 June 2023 |
| Notes | The responsibilities of the People Committee are set out in the Committee's Terms of Reference. |
| Format | PDF, 130.0 KB |
| Name | General Committee Terms |
| Publication date | 8 June 2023 |
| Notes | The People Committee also adheres to the General Committee Terms. |
| Format | PDF, 134.1 KB |
Committee Members
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Sir Jan du Plessis
Chair
Appointed 10 February 2022
Sir Jan has served as Chair of various public companies over the last 18 years: BT Group plc (2017 to 2021); Rio Tinto plc (2009 to 2018); SABMiller plc (2014 to 2016); RHM plc (2005 to 2007); and British American Tobacco plc (2004 to 2009). These roles have given him extensive experience in leadership and governance of some major public companies. He has also had multiple interactions with the institutional investment community and gained meaningful insight into the challenges facing the audit services sector.
Sir Jan has also served as non-executive director of Marks and Spencer Group plc and Lloyds Banking Group plc. From 1988 to 2004 he was CFO of Richemont.
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Angela Cha
Member
Appointed 1 February 2022
Angela is a non-executive director on the Board of Bath Building Society where she is the Vice-Chair and Senior Independent Director. She is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. In the voluntary sector, Angela sits on the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee at the NSPCC as a co-opted member.
During her executive career Angela was a solicitor and a partner of Pinsent Masons where she specialised in advising FS sector clients on business change and transformation projects.
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Eva Lindholm
Member
Appointed 28 November 2024
Eva has had a broad executive career in the financial services industry, having worked at JPMorgan for 27 years and UBS for 12 years. She has significant leadership experience in Investment Banking, Corporate Banking and Wealth Management, across several geographies and markets. She has served on the Board of Transport for London, including on its Finance and Policy Committee, and on the UK Government’s Investment Council. Eva has also served as the Chair of the UBS Optimus Foundation UK, and serves as the Chair of Arosa Foundation, which is focused on supporting female founders.
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Hannah Nixon
Member
Appointed 24 June 2021
Hannah has widespread experience in economic regulation across a range of industries. She brings significant experience of developing, implementing and enforcing regulatory regimes and influencing public policy. She was the first CEO of the Payment Systems Regulator, the economic regulator of the UK’s £80tn payments industry, responsible for driving competition and innovation in the interests of consumers. She was also a senior partner at Ofgem, where she had responsibility for the networks division.
Hannah is currently Chair of the Single Source Regulations Office, the UK regulator for non-competitive defence procurement, and is also a non-executive director of National Grid Electricity Systems Operator and Thames Water.
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Simon O'Regan
Member
28 November 2024
Simon has over 40 years’ experience in the insurance, pensions and asset management industries. He is a UK Chartered Actuary and has lived and worked in six countries around the world including as CEO of Mercer in Australia, in the UK, in Europe and in the USA/ Canada. Simon is Chair of the board of Impax Asset Management Group plc, and was formerly a non-executive director of Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Ltd. Simon was a member of the UK’s Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board and also served as a non-executive member of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
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Charlie Parker
Member
28 November 2024
Charlie Parker was previously Chief Executive and Head of the Public Service for the Government of Jersey. Prior to working in Jersey, he was Chief Executive of Westminster City Council and Chief Executive of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. During his various roles as a Chief Executive, Charlie oversaw the significant transformation and modernisation of a large number of public services often resulting in reduced costs and improved performance. He serves as a non-executive director on the board of NewRiver REIT plc and as a member of the Challenge Board overseeing the Buckingham Palace Reservicing Project. Charlie is also a Director and Trustee at Griffin Investments Ltd.
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Clare Thompson
Member
Appointed 1 April 2022
Clare is a non-executive director and Chair of the Audit Committee at M&G plc. She is also Senior Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee at Bupa. She retired from PwC in 2011 having been a partner for 23 years. At PwC she was audit/lead partner on major financial services groups and served UK Insurance leader and a member of the UK Assurance executive team.
Since leaving PwC she has built a portfolio of non-executive roles and has served as Chair of the Audit Committee of Bupa’s UK insurance business, a non-executive director of Direct Line Insurance Group plc, a non-executive director of Retail Charity Bonds plc, as Chair of the Audit Committee of Miller Insurance Services LLP and as Treasurer of the Disasters Emergency Committee.
She is a member of the ICAEW.
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Ruwan Weerasekera
Member
Appointed 1 September 2021
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.
Ruwan is a Non-executive Board Director of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) which brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK. Ruwan chairs the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee of UKRI.
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David Willis
Member
Appointed 1 April 2022
David is a solicitor by profession and was a partner in international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (and predecessor firm Herbert Smith) for many years. He was Managing Partner of Herbert Smith from 2008-2012 and Joint CEO of Herbert Smith Freehills from 2012-2014. He is currently Chair of Paradigm Trust, a multi-academy trust, and Vice Chair of United Response, a charity supporting adults with learning disabilities, where he chairs the Finance and Resources Committee. He was previously a member of the governing body of Queen Mary University of London, where he chaired the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, where he chaired the Finance and Audit Committee and was a member of the Law Society Group Audit Committee.