Dave was elected Chairman in March 2022. Dave joined Ricardo, a global engineering strategic and environmental engineering consultancy, in 1999. Prior to joining Ricardo he was Operations Director and co-founder of Wavedriver Limited (a subsidiary of PowerGen plc). He has also gained consulting and management experience in both listed and private companies. Dave holds a degree in electronics and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School. Dave was the Chief Executive Officer of Ricardo plc up until 2021 after 16 years in the role and is a Director of a number of its associated companies.
Our Board and governance
Our Board is responsible for setting our long-term direction and ensuring that we are delivering for our customers.
Our Board and governance
Our Board is made up of executive directors, non-executive directors representing our shareholders and independent non-executive directors. It is led by a Chair and is responsible for making decisions affecting our Company.
Our Board
Transparency and governance
Our Board works within a governance framework that is laid down by the UK Corporate Governance Code and the Companies Act. Members have been focused on enhancing their board leadership, transparency and governance for some time and we recognise the importance of being open and accountable to both our employees and customers about how our business is run. As part of this we publish the minutes of each Board meeting:
Board meeting minutes
- SESW Board Meeting Minutes - 27 March 24 WEBSITE FINAL (104KB)
- SESW Board Meeting Minutes - 7 February 24 Website FINAL (92KB)
- SESW Board Meeting Minutes - 22 November 23 webiste FINAL (98KB)
- SESW AGM 2023 minutes - 27 September 2023 FINAL (85KB)
- SESW Board Meeting Minutes - 26 July 23 FINAL FOR WEBSITE (87KB)
- Board Meeting Minutes - 14 June 2023 (96KB)
- SESW Board Meeting Minutes - 22 March 23 WEBSITE FINAL (92KB)
- Board Meeting Minutes - 8 February 2023 (105KB)
- Board Meeting Minutes - 23 November 2022 (147KB)
- Board meeting minutes - September 2022 (105KB)
- Board meeting minutes - July 2022 (109KB)
- Board meeting minutes May 2022 (116KB)
- Board meeting minutes March 2022 (111KB)
- Board meeting minutes February 2022 (133KB)
- Board meeting minutes November 2021 (119KB)
- Board meeting minutes September 2021 (122KB)
- Board meeting minutes July 2021 (119KB)
- Board meeting minutes June 2021 (156KB)
- Board meeting minutes March 2021 (122KB)
- Board meeting minutes February 2021 (136KB)
- Board meeting minutes November 2020 (115KB)
- Board meeting minutes September 2020 (162KB)
- Board meeting minutes July 2020 (126KB)
- Board meeting minutes June 2020 (147KB)
- Board meeting minutes March 2020 (138KB)
Annual General Meetings
Our Board operates four main committees, each chaired by an independent non-executive director:
Audit Committee
Responsible for making sure we follow robust and effective processes for financial and regulatory reporting, internal controls and risk management.
Audit Committee terms of reference
Remuneration Committee
Responsible for our remuneration policy and its application, including levels of executive pay and the targets that are set as part of the performance-related employee bonus.
Remuneration Committee terms of reference
Nomination Committee
Responsible for making sure the Board size, structure and membership is reviewed, succession planning for Board members and senior managers and reviewing Board performance.
Nomination Committee terms of reference
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee
Responsible for ensuring the Company is fulfilling its legal and moral duties in creating and maintaining an appropriate culture, system and processes to manage its health, safety and wellbeing obligations.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee
Matters reserved for the Board
A schedule of matters reserved for the Board's approval.