Committees

The Assurance Committee advises the Board on the accounts and financial statements and the annual report of the Institute.

The principal purposes of the Committee are to:

• Provide assurance to the Board that there is a suitable mechanism in place for budget setting for each financial year;
• Review the statutory annual reports and financial statements prior to their submission to the Board for approval;
• Review and challenge financial policies, methods, transactions and appropriate accounting standards have been met.

Chair: John Clarke CEng FNucI 

The principal purposes of the Committee are to:

• Be a forum for representatives of each NI branch, SIG, and the YGN to meet biannually and discuss issues of common interest;
• Share good practice around their annual budgets and business plans;
• Support the Outreach Committee in fulfilling their objectives.

Chair: Vacant

The principal purposes of the EDI Committee are to:

• Be a forum for discussion of and recommendations for issues around equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the Nuclear Institute.
• Review and make recommendations for the updating of NI policies around EDI.
• Set targets and timetable for achievement of EDI principles through use of the RAEng/SciC framework.
• Monitor the NI’s progress against those targets.

Chair: Vacant

The purpose of the Editorial Committee is to maintain the quality of the Nuclear Institute Journal. As a minimum, each edition of Nuclear Future should include:

• High quality technical papers on nuclear and related subjects
• News and comment on relevant matters in the nuclear industry
• The President’s page
• Branch News
• Network News
• A calendar of forthcoming events
• Information to assist recruitment of new individual members
• Information to assist recruitment of new company members

Chair: Professor Laurence Williams OBE

The principal purposes of the Committee are to:

• To organise and deliver events based on the Nuclear Institute’s Strategy and Business Plan;
• To deliver effective annual and long term event programmes, which aim to deliver high quality, high profile events which aim generally to make a surplus, as a major source of income to help the NI deliver it’s charitable objectives;
• Provide a range of social and networking events for NI members;
• To report to the Board of Trustees on all appropriate matters concerning proposed events, including risk, and final results.

Chair: Vacant

The principal purposes of the Committee are to:

• Ensure that the Institute’s membership and professional standards are maintained and applied to the required levels;
• Ensure that the Institute complies with the requirements for registration of all relevant Licensing bodies.

Chair: Stuart Barnes CEng FNucI

The principal purposes of the Committee are to:

• Ensure that key positions in the Institute’s governance structure are filled with the most suitable candidates, recruited via open, fair and professional processes.
• Advise BoT regarding processes and procedures for election and/or appointment of Trustees.
• Advise and support BoT regarding its balance of skills, knowledge and experience.

Chair: Gwen Parry-Jones OBE HonFNucI

The principal purposes of the Committee are to:

• Be a forum for representatives of each NI branch and the YGN to meet biannually and plan outreach activities;
• Develop the criteria for determining which projects will be supported each year and a means of measuring them;
• Liaise closely with branch and network committees in delivering outreach projects;
• Coordinate support to members acting as STEM Ambassadors, WES/WISE, STEMnet and other outreach programmes relevant to the nuclear industry.

Chair: Jasbir Sidhu 

The principal purposes of the Committee are to:

• Consider how best the NI can contribute to a wider public understanding of the nuclear industry;
• Identify opportunities for collaboration with respected organisations in order to influence the policy agenda positively;
• To develop a leading role for the NI in providing evidence-based knowledge on key issues affecting the nuclear industry.

Chair: Mark Salisbury FNucI

The Policy Committee regularly considers current government and wider issues of nuclear policy and provide consultation responses and other input to policymakers - view responses here

The principal purposes of the Committee are to:

• Recommend and monitor the remuneration package of the Chief Executive;
• Obtain reliable, up-to-date information about remuneration in other professional membership bodies of comparable scale and complexity;
• Oversee any major changes in employee benefits structures throughout the company;
• Work and liaise as necessary with all other Board governance committees.

Chair: Nicola O'Keeffe

The principal purposes of the Committee are to:

• Be a forum for representatives of each SIG to share their programme of activities and share good practice;
• Develop a programme of outputs for each SIG for the coming year and report on their growth;
• Identify how SIG developments support the NI’s overall strategy and business plan.

Chair: Vacant