CIPP update
CIPP update
CIPP’s summer sizzler raises money for local charity THE CIPP held its annual charity summer sizzler on Wednesday 14 September with support from local businesses The Farm, Ember Inns and Red Watch from Solihull Community Fire Station. The event and other initiatives run by the CIPP throughout the year have collectively raised over £1,500 in donations to local children’s charity Acorns, and national charity Cancer Research UK. Attended by CIPP staff and their families, the event featured activities such as tombola, raffle, book and DVD stall and a barbecue to raise money for the charities. In addition, the Institute held the popular ‘Where’s Daniel?’ where guests had to find Daniel Craig in the photo of CIPP’s head office, Goldfinger House, a play of the James Bond connection due to the architect Erno Goldfinger and his relationship with Ian Fleming. Shirley Harris, CIPP’s head of human resources and payroll and member of the charity committee, commented at the event “We are delighted with the donations raised for the CIPP’s chosen charities to date. The employees select which charities they choose to support throughout the year and have been supporting local charity Acorns for a number of years to support terminally ill young people and their families in the community.” remember Ken as a former chair of the board and more recently has been supporting the CIPP as business operations director. We are also delighted to announce the appointment of Elaine Gibson to education director. Her education portfolio will include the responsibility for delivering marketing and membership, policy and research, training, Professional Careers Academy, Scotland and online teams. Elaine will report directly into Ken. The emphasis going forward will be to focus on the quality and delivery of our core services; the opportunities around education, qualifications and training will continue to be the foundation of the CIPP. The board wishes both Ken and Elaine every success in their new roles in continuing to develop the ongoing advancement of the CIPP. Changes to CIPP’s senior management team THE CIPP’s board of directors wishes to notify all members about changes to the senior management team. With effect 28 September 2016 Lindsay Melvin is no longer employed by the CIPP. With immediate effect the new chief executive officer is Ken Pullar; many of you will
CIPP’s Annual General Meeting THE CIPP’s nineteenth annual general meeting (AGM) took place on Thursday 6 October at the Celtic Manor Resort, Wales. Its purpose was to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions: ● Approval of accounts for the year ended 30 June 2016 ● Re-election of auditors ● Any other business There were three vacancies and three nominations received which met the application standards which consequently meant there was no requirement for a vote. The three appointed non-executive directors are Michelle Crook, Ian Whyteside (both serving directors retiring by rotation) and newly appointed Karen Thomson. Karen commented: “I am delighted and feel very privileged to be joining the CIPP board of directors. I am looking forward to helping the Institute and its members continue to grow over the coming years.” The other resolutions were voted as follows:
● Approval of the accounts: for 60 votes, against 1 vote ● Re-election of auditors: for 52 votes, against 9 votes The following question was asked at the AGM: Mike Nicholas MCIPP AMBCS, Editor of the CIPP’s Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward magazine: “In regards to the accounts deficit; when were the board made aware, what actions were then taken, what has been done to rectify this and what is now being put in place to avoid it happening again?” Eira Hammond FCIPPdip, Chair, CIPP: “The board were notified of the deficit in February 2016 and were assured that this was being rectified and would most likely be resolved by the end June, the end of the financial year. Additional processes have now been put in place following more stringent guidelines which will continue to be monitored more closely by the governance and audit and risk committees on an ongoing basis.” Many thanks to those members who voted and attended the 2016 AGM. To view the full profiles of the CIPP board visit cipp. org.uk .
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Issue 25 | November 2016
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