Annual Report and Accounts - The Great Western Hospital

4.7 Board of Directors’ employment terms
The appointment of the Chief Executive is made by the Non-Executive Directors and approved by
the Council of Governors. The Chief Executive and Executive Directors have a contract with no
time limit, and the contract can be terminated by either party with three months’ notice. These
contracts are subject to usual employment legislation.
Executive Directors are nominated for re-appointment by a committee comprising the Chairman
and Non-Executive Directors with the Chief Executive and the Trust’s Constitution sets out the
circumstances under which a Director may be disqualified from office. New Chief Executives and
Non-Executive Directors are nominated for appointment by a Joint Nominations Committee
comprised of Governors and Non-Executive Directors. The Remuneration Committee agrees the
Executive Director appointments and the Council of Governors approves the Non-Executive
Director appointments.
The Committee recognises that Executive pay does not reflect market levels and therefore in order
to recruit and retain high calibre Executives, the Committee is actively exploring ways of redressing
this balance.
Information subject to audit
The information subject to audit, which includes senior manager’s salaries, compensations, non
cash benefits, pension, compensations and retention of earnings for non-executive directors, is set
out in the table below.
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