The role of the Nominations Committee is to identify and nominate candidates for the approval of the Board to fill Board vacancies and to make recommendations to the Board on Board composition and balance. The Nominations Committee will meet at least twice a year. The Combined Code recommends that a majority of the members of the Nominations Committee should be non-executive directors who are independent in character and judgement and free from relationships or circumstances which are likely to affect, or could appear to affect, their judgement.
The Nominations Committee is chaired by Sir David Cooksey and the other members are Sir Richard Sykes, Mr. Gerhard Ammann, Mr. Kenneth Olisa, Mr. Michael Eggleton, Sir Paul Judge, Mr. Roderick Thomson and Mr. Mehmet Dalman. The Company complies with the Combined Code recommendations regarding membership of the Nominations Committee.