Meetings
Independent Advisors
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Meeting: 26/01/2026 - Senedd Commission (Item 5)
Independent Advisers' recruitment
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 2
Minutes:
Current contracts for two of the
Commission’s five Independent Advisers (Bob Evans and Aled Eirug) were to come
to an end in November 2026; both will have competed the maximum two terms. The
other three advisers had been appointed to second terms running to Nov 2027.
Commissioners
agreed that recruitment activity could begin in the spring, to identify two
candidates in readiness for the vacancies arising in November.
Commissioners also supported the proposal to continue
recruiting subject-specific expertise as needs evolve. At this time this would
include an Adviser with a recognised finance, accountancy or audit
qualification, and one with Dignity and Respect expertise.
They agreed an approach to the recruitment activity and indicated support for an approach to the chairing of the ARAC committee for the period from November 2026, which would allow a new Adviser, with a recognised finance, accountancy or audit qualification, to become familiar with the work of the Commission and ARAC.
Meeting: 23/09/2024 - Senedd Commission (Item 6)
Independent Advisors
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 5
Minutes:
Commissioners
considered information about the contractual position of the Commission’s
current Independent Advisers. They agreed to offer an extension to the existing
contract of Aled Eurig until 26 November 2026. This would provide consistency
of the chairs of the two advisory committees over the period of transition to
the Seventh Senedd.
They agreed
to consider the requirements of a recruitment exercise for the next cohort of
Independent Advisers, and the proposed approach to that exercise, which
includes continuing to stagger appointments, in Spring ’25.
Meeting: 19/03/2018 - Senedd Commission (Item 2)
Appointment of new Independent Advisers to the Commission
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 8
Minutes:
Commissioners considered proposals for the recruitment and
selection of a new cohort of Independent Advisers in 2018 and 2019, in
preparation for the end of the current arrangements.
The Commission’s Independent Advisors act in a non-executive
and non-political capacity, providing advice and constructive challenge to
Commissioners and senior management on many aspects of the Commission’s
business. Three Independent Advisors, along with one Commissioner make up
ACARAC while the Commission’s Remuneration Committee is also made up of three
Advisors.
Commissioners agreed to the recruitment proposals, with the recruitment and selection exercise to be managed internally whilst making use of an executive search agency to identify candidates to a long-list stage.