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Board committees

The Board has three standing committees and their terms of reference are included in the Board's rules of procedure.

Audit committee

ORR's audit committee has a key role in corporate governance supporting the Board and the accounting officer in reviewing the adequacy of ORR's risk, control and governance processes.

  • Non-executive directors: Tracey Barlow (chair) and Peter Bucks.
  • Independent member: Jeremy Chittleburgh.

Also in attendance at all meetings: chief executive, director & deputy director of corporate services, head of finance, Board secretary, representatives of the internal audit service provider and the National Audit Office.

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Remuneration committee

ORR's remuneration committee reviews and recommends to the Board broad pay and benefits policy for ORR's senior civil servant staff. It then reviews and makes recommendations on the pay and bonuses for the individual senior civil servants, taking account of their contribution to ORR’s overall performance.

  • Non-executive directors: Anna Walker (interim chair), Peter Bucks and Stephen Nelson.
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Safety regulation committee

ORR's safety regulation committee helps to develop, maintain, review and update ORR's health and safety regulatory strategy and the overall adequacy of arrangements to meet ORR's statutory duties. It provides guidance and advice on the need for major accident inquiries and reviews the safety inspection and policy formulation programmes.

  • Non-executive directors: Steve Walker (chair), Anna Walker, Mike Lloyd, Mark Fairbairn and Ray O’Toole.
  • Executive directors: Richard Price, Michael Beswick, Michael Lee and Ian Prosser.
  • Other members: Juliet Lazarus, Allan Spence, Caroline Wake and Ken Young.
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Periodic review committee

ORR's periodic review committee oversees and provides guidance on the delivery of the programme of work associated with ORR's periodic review of Network Rail's revenue requirement for the next five-year Control Period. Having completed its work on the periodic review 2008, which covered the revenue requirement for 2009-14 (Control Period 4), the committee is in abeyance but will be re-established during 2010 to start work on the 2013 periodic review.

  • Non-executive directors: Peter Bucks.
  • Executive directors: Richard Price, Michael Beswick, Michael Lee and Paul McMahon.
  • Other members: Juliet Lazarus.

Last updated: 22 July 2011

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