The board consists of fourteen elected directors from candidates nominated by all of the
Member organisations, plus the Chief Executive as ex officio board member. Of these
fourteen elected seats, in accordance with the Rules three are currently reserved for co-opted directors, including individuals
representing user groups and trust service customer interests; plus, Her Majesty's Government
is invited to nominate a representative and a deputy representative to sit on the board as
observers, but who cannot vote on any resolutions put before the board.
The tScheme Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected by the new board at its first
meeting.
Five board members retire each year by rotation as defined in the Rules, and their seats are
contested by a vote of the whole membership. The successful candidates take their seats in
May immediately following the AGM, at which the retiring board members stand down.
The Secretariat is the term used to
cover the permanent employees of tScheme Limited plus external experts engaged from
time to time, for example to serve on expert working groups, or as editors for new documents.
The Secretariat manages such activities as the publication of all Profiles and supporting
documentation, updates to the tScheme website, and the meeting schedules and agendas
for expert working groups.
There are currently three such expert working groups: Legal & Contracts Group; Profiles
& Processes Committee; and Marketing Forum.
tScheme Approval is granted by the Approvals Committee - independent of the board and
secretariat, this committee is made up of non-TSP tScheme members and user representatives.
Ultimately only this committee can both grant and revoke service Approval, although their
decision is based firmly on the recommendation in the Assessor's report.
Committee Members documents
(secure directory)