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STATES OF JERSEY

JERSEY OVERSEAS AID COMMISSION: RE-APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER

Lodged au Greffe on 3rd February 2015 by the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission

STATES GREFFE

2015   Price code: A  P.12

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion

to appoint, in accordance with clause 7.4 of the Constitution of the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission as set out in Schedule 1 to the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission  (Jersey)  Law  2005,  Mrs.  Toni  Roberts  as  a  Non-States Commissioner for a further period of 3 years.

JERSEY OVERSEAS AID COMMISSION

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REPORT

The Jersey Overseas Aid Commission (Jersey) Law 2005 requires the Chairman, in making  nominations,  to  use  his  or  her  best  endeavours  "to  ensure  that  the Commissioners shall be a diverse and balanced group of people in terms of gender, age, experience and skills, who share a commitment to the promotion of the objects of the Commission". In meeting that statutory requirement, non-States Commissioners with a range of backgrounds and professional qualifications were appointed when the Commission was first established.

The present States Commissioners are, in addition to Deputy C.F. Labey of Grouville as Chairman – Connétable M.P.S. Le Troquer of St. Martin and Deputy J.A. Martin of St. Helier ;  and  the  non-States  Commissioners  are  Messrs.  G.G. Crill  and P.D. Le Seelleur. Mrs. Roberts' current 3 year term of office expired on 18th January 2015.

Mrs. Roberts is the owner and Managing Director of TR Mediation Management, a business  that  provides  mediation  services  to  professional  fiduciaries,  including trustees,  company  management  service  providers  and  investment  managers.  She worked previously for J.P. Morgan Trust Company Limited, where she was a Director with responsibility for managing the fiduciary business of the company in both Jersey and  Geneva.  Having  undertaken  a  number  of  overseas  visits  in  her  professional capacity,  to  deal  with  charitable  settlements,  she  has  taken  a  very  active  role in ensuring  that  charitable  donations  from  trusts  have  been  correctly  dealt  with. Mrs. Roberts  has  a  Master  of  Business  Administration  degree  from  Leicester University, is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, and an Associate  of  the  Institute  of  Chartered  Secretaries  and  Administrators  (former Chairman of the local branch). She was a Police Commissioner for 6 years and is the immediate past President of the Rotary Club of Jersey and Assistant Governor of Rotary District 1110. Mrs. Roberts is Executive Director of the Jersey Community Relations  Trust  and  is  Treasurer  of  the  Jersey  Joint  Charities  Christmas  Appeal. Mrs. Roberts was also a member of Overseas Aid Work Projects in Ecuador and Uganda and the leader of Work Projects in India, Uganda and Malawi. She was a member of the working party which reviewed the activities of Overseas Aid work parties in 1999. Mrs. Roberts was first appointed as a Non-States Commissioner of the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission in 2005, and was a member of the Jersey Overseas Aid Funding Review Panel in 2006, which was formed following a Scrutiny review of Jersey's overseas aid.

The Non-States Commissioners all serve in an honorary capacity and give many hours of their time freely to assist the work of the Commission, and we would like to thank Mrs. Roberts  for  agreeing  to  continue  to  offer  her  considerable  expertise  to  the Commission for a further term.

Financial and manpower implications

There are no financial or manpower implications for the States arising from this proposition.

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