Essentia, Non-Executive Director

Key Responsibilities

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• Provide commercial consultancy expertise into the ETL Board.

• Bring personal qualities, experience and expertise and knowledge to advise the board and promote the success of ETL.

• Bring a different perspective to the Company from a wide view of the external environment via access to established commercial networks and opportunities. • Advise on the most appropriate Executive Director structure for the company and, in particular, assist in the recruitment of a permanent Chief Executive Officer.

• Ensure that the Company’s obligations to Enterprises and to GSTT as the ultimate parent are understood and met.

• Challenge and contribute to the development of ETL’s strategy and in particular advise on the most appropriate growth strategy for the company to pursue.

• Provide input into determining the most appropriate future relationship for ETL to have with GSTT.

• Assist in determining the most effective brand and future market position for ETL.

• Contribute to the entrepreneurial leadership within a framework of prudent and effective controls, which enable risk to be assessed and managed.

• Scrutinise the performance of ETL management in meeting agreed goals and objectives and monitor the reporting of performance.

• Provide challenge to executive proposals and recommendations.

• Ensure that financial information is accurate, and that financial controls and systems of risk management are robust and defensible.

• Ensure that the necessary financial and human resources are in place for the Company to meet its objectives.

• Help to connect the board and the company to appropriate external networks and organisations to support the business objectives.

• Engage the Board in assessing and improving its performance and acting on the results of board performance evaluation by recognising the strengths and addressing the weaknesses of the board.

University of Surrey

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