Members:
Paul Walker (Chair)
Robert MacLeod
Suzanne Wood
All committee members are non-executive directors. Paul Walker is the Chair of the Board.
Key duties
The principal purpose of the Committee is to provide assistance to the Board by identifying individuals qualified to become RELX PLC Directors and recommending to the Board the appointment of such individuals.
The role and responsibilities of the Committee are set out in written Terms of Reference (see link below).
These include:
- to keep under review the size and composition of the Board ensuring that it maintains an appropriate balance of skills, experience, knowledge and diversity;
- reviewing the external commitments of each Director to ensure that he/she has sufficient time to devote to their role at RELX;
- to ensure that plans are in place for orderly Board and senior management succession and to oversee a diverse pipeline for such succession;
- to agree the specification for the recruitment of new Directors to procure the recruitment of new Directors;
- to recommend to the Board the appointment of candidates as RELX PLC Directors;
- to recommend Directors to serve on the Committees of the Board and to recommend members to serve as the Chair of those Committees;
- to make recommendations to the Board in relation to the re-appointment of any Non-Executive Director at the conclusion of his/her specified term of office and the election or re-election of Directors following a review of the performance of individual Directors from the Board evaluation process;
- reviewing the Board’s and Group’s Diversity Policy, including their effectiveness; and
- to review and make recommendations to the Board on the authorisation of Directors’ conflicts of interest, including any terms to be imposed in relation to a Director’s conflict of interest.
Documentation
Nomination Committee terms of reference
See our Nominations Committee report on pages 119 to 120 of our Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022