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Chairman and Non-Executive Directors
Following the establishment of a new governance structure. Scottish Rugby are seeking to recruit a new Chairman and Non-Executive Directors. If you would like more information about this role please see the candidate brief provided below.
If you would like to apply for these positions please forward your cv and a covering letter summarising any particular
relevant experience to [email protected] or post your application to Ian McLeod, Stock Exchange Court, 77 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow G2 1QT
Telephone: 0141 225 6320 Facsimile: 0141 225 6321
The closing date for receipt of applications is 23rd June 2005 .
Candidate Brief
for the positions of
CHAIRMAN and NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
ODGERS RAY & BERNDTSON
Stock Exchange Court, 77 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow G2 1QT
Telephone: 0141 225 6320 Facsimile: 0141 225 6321
SCOTTISH RUGBY
CHAIRMAN and NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Background
Scottish Rugby is an important part of the national identity and culture of Scotland. For it to continue as a vibrant part of Scottish culture, it must turnaround recent disappointments and return to its rightful place on the world sports’ stage.
There have been a number of challenges arising from recent performance of Scottish Rugby, on and off the pitch. Although good work has been undertaken in recent years to develop the game and increase revenue for the sport, other nations have developed faster and more effectively. Scottish Rugby must now move forward and catch up.
It is quite clear that ‘no change’ is not an option for Scottish Rugby. The new era of professional rugby (now nearly a decade old) demands a positive and consistent response from Scottish Rugby. Preservation of old practices and models, however relevant in the past, will not suffice for the future. The recent paper from the working party on Governance is an indication of the changes likely to be required.
A strategic review of Scottish Rugby was undertaken and a business plan for 2005- 2009 has been agreed, to focus on:
· Growing the National Game
· Scotland’s Teams Winning
· Sustained Financial Performance
· Scottish Rugby – Peak Performance Organisation
The Role of the Executive Board
The Board is responsible for the following key functions:
· To set the strategic direction of the organisation within the overall policies and priorities of the General Committee of Scottish Rugby, define its annual and long-term objectives and include the plans to achieve them.
· To oversee the delivery of planned results by monitoring performance against objectives and make sure corrective action is taken when necessary.
· To ensure effective financial stewardship, through value for money, financial control and financial planning and strategy, including income generation and best use of assets.
· To ensure that high standards of corporate governance and personal behaviour are maintained in the conduct of the business of the whole organisation.
· To appoint, appraise and remunerate senior executives.
· To ensure that there is effective communication between the organisation and the rugby community and their plans and performance for the furtherance of Scottish Rugby.
In fulfilling these functions the Board should:
· Ensure the management arrangements are in place to enable responsibility to be clearly delegated to senior executives for the main programmes of action for performance of programmes to be monitored and executives held to account.
· To ensure that Audit, Nominations, Property and Remuneration committees which are already in place, operate from the agreed terms of reference and set out the membership of the committees, the limits of their powers and the arrangements for reporting back to the Board.
The Role of the Chairman
· The Chairman is responsible for leading the Board and for ensuring that it discharges successfully its overall responsibilities for the organisation as a whole.
· The Chairman would provide leadership to the Board, enable all Board directors to make a full contribution to the Board’s affairs and ensure that the Board acts as a team.
· Ensure that key and appropriate issues are discussed with the Board in a timely manner.
· Ensure that the Board has adequate support and is provided efficiently with all the necessary data on which to base information decisions.
· Ensure that the Remuneration, Audit, Property and Nominations Committees meet as appropriate to fulfil their functions.
· To review the performance of non-executive Board directors.
· To appraise the performance of the Chief Executive.
A complimentary relationship between the Chairman and Chief Executive is important. The Chief Executive is accountable to the Chairman and the Board for ensuring that its decisions are implemented, that the organisation works effectively in accordance with agreed strategic objectives and for the maintenance of proper financial stewardship.
Person Specification
To meet demands that will be placed upon the Chairman and Non-Executive Directors, candidates will have to be of the highest calibre and have demonstrable, successful business careers.
In particular the following requirements will be required of the Chairman:
· High profile, high integrity individual, whose profile can be instantly recognisable as one which is appropriate for the role of Chairman.
· Someone with strong strategic skills and ability, with proven Chairmanship experience, in a commercial organisation.
· An expansive business perspective, as Scottish Rugby operates on a world stage.
· Ideally somebody who is resident in Scotland.
The Chairman of the Executive Board will preside over a Board, constructed of four non-executive directors and the four executives, who comprise: Chief Executive, Director of Rugby, Finance Director and Commercial Director; along with the four Directors appointed by Scottish Rugby Council
The 12 members of the Board are going to be full members of Scottish Rugby Plc and therefore subject to full Companies Act Rules.
This Board would be supported by the Company Secretary.
This article was originally posted on 14-Jun-2005, 09:05 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 14-Jun-2005, 09:06.
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