Committees and What They Do
Rachel Lai
Standards, Ethics and Regulatory Liaison
Responsible for:
- Considering responses to consultations on insolvency statute and best practice.
- Discussing technical issues and drafting guidance for the membership.
- Determining the IPAs contribution to the Joint Insolvency Committee.
| Committee Members | ||||
| Paddy Brazzill, Chair | Chris De La Salle | Edward Bible | Ken Marland | Anna Hughes |
| Simon Underwood, Vice Chair | Clare Lindley | Eileen Maclean | Mark Siddall | |
| Beverley Budsworth | Colin Bird | Hemal Mistry | Maurice Moses | |
| Charles Turner | David Rankin | Jackie Westerman | Samantha Warburton |
Regulation and Conduct Committee
Responsible for:
- Considering any matter Secretariat identifies as requiring Committee attention relating to the fitness of licensed IPs or liability to disciplinary action.
- Considering applications for authorisation.
- Licence restriction/withdrawal proceedings and invite disciplinary sanctions by consent, including reprimands and fines.
| Committee Members | ||||
| John Newgas, Co-Chair (L) | Chris Gray/Martin Tossell (L) | Helen Kavanagh (L) | Katy Walker (OM) | Pauline Peel (OM) |
| Neil Bennett, Co-Chair (OM) | Diane Dunion (OM) | Taranjeet Babra (L) | Michael Leeds (OM) | Peter Hart (OM) |
| Frances Coulson, Vice Chair (L) | John Briggs (L) | John Boulter (OM) | Mike Norris (L) | Philip King (L) |
| Brett Barton (OM) | Heather Greig-Smith (L) | Julian Healey (L) | Paul Allen (OM) |
L = Lay Committee Member OM = Ordinary Committee Member
Regulatory and Conduct rules can be found as follows:
Disciplinary and Appeals Committees
Responsible for:
- Carrying out functions of Disciplinary and Appellate Committees Appeal Tribunals, hear appeals against findings or orders of a Disciplinary Tribunal and decisions to restrict/withdraw licenses; and may affirm, vary or rescind them
- Disciplinary Tribunals considers complaints referred to it by the Investigation Committee it has the power to exclude members, revoke licenses as well as issuing sanctions
| Committee Members: | |||
| Richard Long, Co-Chair DC (OM) | Edward Bible (OM) | Nick Pike (OM) | Dr Stephen Baister (L) |
| Richard Mawrey, Co-Chair AC (L) | Gill Wrigley (OM) | Nick Wood (OM) | Stuart Hopewell (L) |
| Andrew Favell (L) | Helen Smithson (OM) | Philip Long (OM) | Charles Turner (OM) |
| David Pilling (L) | John Thirlwell (L) | Raquel Agnello QC (L) | David Barnes (L) |
L = Lay Committee Member OM = Ordinary Committee Member
Finance and Risk
Responsible for:
- Preparing annual budgets and making recommendations to Council on subscriptions and fees
- Monitoring in-year spending and submitting for approval to Council the IPA’s Annual Accounts
- Monitoring financial risk relating to IPA activity
| Committee Members | |||
| Paul Davis, Chair | Colin Wiseman | Kevin Hellard | Samantha Keen |
| Amanda Wade, Vice Chair | Hanh Nguyen | Maureen Leslie | Sean Croston |
| Carrie James | Joel Goschalk | Russel Payne | Simon Baggs |
External Affairs and Member Services
Responsible for:
- Contents for events, social events training for members and articles for the newsletter
- Regulations relating to students
- Training for students and other members
- Arrangment of CPI suite of exams and liason with JIE
- Parliamentary representation
Dedicated working subgroups can be created from the committee as and when required to consider specific matters such as Annual Conference/PI Conference.
| Committee Members | |||
| Barry Mochan | Myles Jacobson | Pauline Peel | |
| Joseph Colley, Vice Chair | Carrie-Ann James | Natasha Brodie | Samantha O’Hara |
| Antoinette Thorpe | Kevin Hellard | Nicola Fisher | Simon Carvill-Biggs |
| Examinations sub-committee | |||
| Lloyd Hinton, Chair | Deborah Pywowarczuk | Karyn Jones | |
| Nicholas Myers, Chief Examiner | Hemal Mistry | Lucy Law | |
| Anna Hughes | Jenny Gatley | Rachel Lai |