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Governance & Audit Committee

 

 Steve McDonnell

 Martin Barker

 Eleanor Whitfield

Role of the Governance & Audit Committee

The Trustee is committed to meeting the Scheme’s governance objectives. These are to manage risk by using defined processes and procedures to ensure effective decision making and to adopt pension industry best practices wherever these are appropriate for the Scheme.

The Trustee has a Governance & Audit Committee to ensure that the Board is able to meet the above objectives. The Committee consists of Martin Barker (Chairman), Steve McDonnell and Eleanor Whitfield. The Scheme’s CEO (Robin Claessens), Pensions Manager (Mike Leggett), and professional advisers work with the Committee as necessary.

 

 

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Steve McDonnell

Steve is Head of Group Tax for Invensys plc. He was appointed to this role in October 2005 after joining the Company in January 2005. Prior to that he was in similar roles with Tibbett & Britten Group plc, Thorn Lighting and Laporte plc. Steve is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.  

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Martin Barker

Martin Barker

Martin retired from Westinghouse Brake and Signal Holdings
in 2001 after 35 years’ service. His involvement in pensions commenced in 1972 when he became Pensions Manager with responsibility for the Westinghouse pension schemes. He became a trustee in 1973 and remained in control of the schemes until they were merged with the BTR Group Pension Scheme in 1993. He has also been involved over a number of years in various Group Consultative Committees, and chairing a number of them. He is an Associate of The Pensions Management Institute.

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Eleanor Whitfield

Eleanor has been with the executive team of the Invensys Rail Group since 1999 where she is VP legal and Group General Counsel. Eleanor qualified as a solicitor in 1989 and has since been involved in a variety of international corporate and commercial projects with experience both in private practice and with National Power plc. Eleanor was appointed to the Trustee Board in March 2007. 

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