Trustees serve for a fixed term and retire by rotation at our AGM
Every year we conduct a skills audit and identify any gaps in the skills and experience of the Board. When gaps have been identified, we place an advertisement for new trustees (based on these gaps) in our members' magazine and on our website.
We also ask current trustees to suggest potential candidates from amongst their personal networks, particularly where we are looking for very specialised skills.
Applicants are then interviewed by Governance Panel and background checks are made. Governance Panel makes a recommendation to the Board and successful candidates then stand for election by our members at the next AGM.
On occasion, successful candidates are co-opted to the Board and serve alongside existing trustees until the AGM where they stand for election in the normal way.