Committee structure

Committee structure

The work of the Board is supported by four committees These committees operate on behalf of Broadacres, Mulberry Homes Yorkshire Limited and Broadacres Services Limited (the Group). The Broadacres Board also oversees the work of the Customer Scrutiny Panel.

Group Audit and Risk Committee

This committee is responsible for providing independent scrutiny and challenge over risk management, financial viability and adequacy of internal controls.

The committee comprises up to five board members and one independent member. The committee members are:

• Oliver Colling – Chair of Group Audit and Risk Committee (board member)
• Heather Ashton – Board member
• Kate Franklin – Board member
• Stuart Cotton – Board Member
• James Kelly – Independent committee member

Group Customer Experience Committee

This committee helps ensure that the Group provides great outcomes and experiences to customers and ensures that customers are at the heart of decision making.

The committee comprises up to four board members, two independent committee members and four customer committee members:

• Alison Hadden – Chair of Group Customer Experience Committee (Board member)
• Simon Brooksbank – Board member
• Heather Ashton – Board member
• Kate Abson – Board Member
• Melissa O’Donnell – Independent committee member
• Colin Fisher – Customer committee member
• Karen Lane – Customer committee member

Group Governance and Remuneration Committee

This committee is responsible for reviewing and approving governance arrangements, remuneration policies, board member recruitment and board member training.

The committee membership comprises the following:

• Tim Payne – Chair (SID)
• Keith Holloway – Chair of Group Asset and Development Committee (Board member)
• Helen Simpson – Broadacres Chair
• Oliver Colling – Chair of Group Audit and Risk Committee (Board member)
• Alison Hadden – Chair of Group Customer Experience Committee (Board member)

Group Asset and Development Committee

This committee is responsible for scrutinising, overseeing and recommending property development opportunities to the boards, monitoring landlord health and safety compliance, overseeing empty properties and property sales.

• Keith Holloway – Chair of Group Asset and Development Committee (Board member)
• Kate Abson – Board Member
• Stuart Cotton – Board Member
• Charlie Riley – Independent committee member
• Linda Colburn – Independent committee member

The Customer Scrutiny Panel also reports directly to the Board, with actions raised being overseen by the Group Audit and Risk Committee.  The Customer Scrutiny Panel comprises of seven customer members who are responsible for scrutinising Broadacres’ activities and undertaking scrutiny reviews of services.