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STATES OF JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SCHEME: MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT
Lodged au Greffe on 11th June 2010 by the Chief Minister
STATES GREFFE
2010 Price code: A P.79
PROPOSITION
THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion
in accordance with Regulation 3(5) of the Public Employees (Contributory Retirement Scheme) (General) (Jersey) Regulations 1989, as amended, to approve the appointment of Mr. Roderick Gordon Bryans, as an employer representative on the Committee of Management for the period ending 31st December 2012 and so increase the employer representatives to 7 in number
CHIEF MINISTER
REPORT
The Regulations governing the Committee of Management of the Public Employees' Contributory Retirement Scheme provide for the appointment of employer and employee representatives, who sit in an honorary capacity.
Of the 7 employer representatives 3 are nominated by the Minister for Treasury and Resources, the remainder by the Chief Minister. With the resignation of Ms Laura Dennis, the Chief Minister, in accordance with Regulation 3(5) of the Regulations has chosen Mr. Rod Bryans to replace her for the term of office to expire on 31st December 2010.
The 7 employee representatives are nominated by the Joint Negotiating Group of the Public Employees Pension Fund.
Please see Appendix attached to this report for the relevant background of the nominee.
Membership remains the same for previously nominated employer and employee representatives but is included below for clarity.
Employer representatives Employee representatives Mr. Mick Pinel Mr. Gary Birbeck
Mr. Sachin Meeku Patidar Mr. John Lees
Mr. John Rosser Mr. Mike Orbell
Mr. Steven Warner Mr. Alan Tadier
Mr. Scot Laing Ms Barbara Ward
Mr. John Mills Mr. Mark Johnson
Mr. Mark Richardson
Although the States agreed in principle on 2nd February 2010 to amend the procedure for appointments such as this one so that a debate would no longer be needed, that change requires amendments to the Public Employees (Contributory Retirement Scheme) (General) (Jersey) Regulations 1989 under which appointments to the Committee of Management are made. Those amendments are currently being drafted but until they are approved by the States it is necessary for the appointments to be made under the current procedures.
Financial and manpower implications
There are no financial or manpower implications for the States arising from this proposition.
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APPENDIX
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT – NOMINEE
Mr. Roderick Gordon Bryans
Mr. Bryans has worked in the Insurance industry since December 1988, prior to which he was a teacher at Grainville School. He moved from being a manager at Allied Dunbar to manager/IFA for Hepburns in 1994 and became a Director of Hepburns Life and Pensions shortly after and is still in their employ.
He was for 2 years the Chairman of the Personal Finance Society in Jersey. During that tenure along with other IFA's he lobbied the Government on the depletion of insured Private Pensions on the Island.
With the closing of Norwich Union's Pensions in 2007 he chaired the Working Party to create the Retirement Annuity Trust Scheme. He also worked on the "Root and Branch" review which again culminated in legislative changes in pensions. Mr. Bryans has recently been approached by Comptroller of Income Tax to organise another review this time looking at acquiring a QROPS status for the Island.
Other relevant roles include –
• Chair of Governors for Haute Vallée School
• Founder of the "745 Breakfast Clubs"
• Education Officer of the PFS.