Governance

The Governance of the RCG is led by the Board with an Independent Chairman and two Independent Non-Executive Directors.

The Board

Alun Griffiths

Independent Chairman

Alun has been an independent board member of the Remuneration Consultants Group since July 2022 and Chair since January 2025.

Since retiring from the board of WS Atkins plc, Alun has served as a non -executive board member and Remuneration Committee Chair/Member for several organisations in the UK and internationally.

He is currently a board member of Ramboll AS, the international engineering, architecture and consultancy firm headquartered in Copenhagen where he sits on the Remuneration Committee and chairs the Transaction Committee. He is a board member and Remuneration Committee chair for the Ports of Jersey and is a Council Member and Remuneration Committee chair for the University of Bath.

Previously he has been a board member and Remuneration Committee chair for Severfield plc, ISG plc, the Port of London Authority and Anchor.

Pamela Coles

Independent Non-Executive Director

Pamela was Chief Governance Officer and Company Secretary of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc from 2014 to 2024 and had a long career in similar roles at a number of FTSE 100 companies.

She is also Governor and Audit & Risk Committee Chair of the University of Greenwich and, having been a Trustee and Remuneration Committee Chair at E-Act multi academy trust until March 2024, now continues at E-Act as a member.

Pamela was an executive committee member of the GC100 for six years until 2024 and has been a fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute since 1997.

Pamela became an Independent Non-Executive Director of the RCG on 1 June 2024.

Annette Kelleher

Independent Non-Executive Director

Annette is currently Chief Human Resources Officer, on the executive committee at Johnson Matthey Plc, having taken up that role in 2013. Prior to that Annette held a number of senior HR roles with Pilkington Glass.

She became a Non-Executive Director at Keller Group Plc in December 2023 and in May 2024, took up responsibility as Remuneration Committee Chair. Previously, Annette was a Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair at Hill & Smith Plc, where she served for almost 3 terms.

Annette is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the RCG effective on 1 January 2025.

Member Directors, who were elected for a three year term ending March 2027

Sally Cooper

Deloitte

Lorna Dodson

Ellason LLP

John Lee

FIT Remuneration Consultants

Andrew Udale

Korn Ferry

Hilary Ross-Smith

Company Secretary