1. Drawing the Board Description
11 October 2011
Drawing the Board Description
Professor Sir Mansel Aylward CB
Mr Keith Cox, Board Secretary
Ms Eleanor Higgins, Executive Administrative Manager

2. The Public Health Wales Board
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins

3. What is the role of the Board?
The principal role of the Board is to add value to the organisation through the exercise of strong leadership and control, including:
Setting the organisation’s strategic direction
Establishing and upholding governance, values and standards
Ensuring delivery of the organisation’s aim and objectives
Effective challenge and scrutiny of the organisation’s performance
Mr Keith Cox
Eleanor Higgins

4. Who are they? 7 Non Executive Directors 5 Executive Directors
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins

5. Who are they? Non Executive Directors
Professor Sir Mansel Aylward (Chair)
Mr John Spence (Vice-Chair)
Dr Jo Farrar (Local Authority)
Dr Carl Clowes (Voluntary Sector)
Professor Gareth Williams (University)
Professor Simon Smail (Independent)
Vacant position (Independent)
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins

6. Who are they? Executive Directors Mr Bob Hudson (Chief Executive)
Mr Huw George (Director of Finance)
Mr Mark Dickinson (Director of Planning and Performance)
Professor Hilary Fielder (Director of Public Health Services)
Dr Peter Bradley (Director of Public Health Development)
Board Secretary: Keith Cox (not a Board member)
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins

7. Other attendees at Board meetings
Mr Chris Lines (Director of Communications)
Mrs Ruth Davies (Director of Workforce and Organisational Development)
Trade Union representatives
Secretariat
Others: staff, Directors of Public Health, Stakeholders, Community Health Councils
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins

8. Where and when do they meet?
Board meetings are monthly
Formal meetings (held in public)
Informal meetings (held in private)
Meetings are held in Health Board areas
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins

9. Board Committees There are five formal Board Committees
Audit Committee
Quality and Safety Committee
Information Governance Committee
Remuneration Committee
Charitable Funds Committee
Committees carry out Board business but in the detail which could not be manager at Board meetings
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins

10. Knowing what will be discussed at Board meetings
Agenda and papers published 10 days before a formal meetings
Staff are encouraged to attend formal meetings
Executive Team lead / Executive Team meetings
Programme of Board business
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins

11. Programme of Board Business
Details what the Board will consider over the next 12 – 18 months
Covers both informal and formal meetings
Need to make sure the Board is seeing everything it should
Board is keen to interact more with staff
Welcome feedback and ideas
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins

12. Questions
Questions
Feedback
Ideas
Mr Keith Cox
Ms Eleanor Higgins