7 Advisory Groups Updates

14 December 2023 Agenda Paper 7

Executive Summary

Purpose of the paper

The purpose of this paper is to provide an update on meetings held by the following UKEB Advisory Groups and Working Groups, to accompany the verbal updates given by their Chairs:

• Academic Advisory Group (Chair: Michael Wells)
• Accounting Firms and Institutes Advisory Group (Chair: Sandra Thompson)
• Investor Advisory Group (Chair: Paul Lee)
• Preparer Advisory Group (Chair: Giles Mullins)
• Rate-regulated Activities Technical Advisory Group (Chair: Phil Aspin)
• Financial Instruments Working Group (Chair: Peter Drummond)
• Sustainability Working Group (Chair: Seema Jamil-O'Neill)

Summary of the Issue

The Advisory Groups webpage of the UKEB website sets out the purpose of each group, a list of each group's members and their biographies, and a link to its Terms of Reference. In addition, minutes for each AG meeting are uploaded as they become available.

The table below sets out the meetings held by these groups during the last 12 months. Since the November 2023 Board meeting, the Investor Advisory Group (IAG), the Financial Instruments Working Group (FIWG) and the Rate-regulated Activities Technical Advisory Group (RRA TAG) have met.

Links to the meeting minutes, available at the time of writing, are also included in the table below. Since the November 2023 Board meeting, the minutes of the Preparer Advisory Group (PAG) and the Accounting Firms and Institutes Advisory Group (AFIAG) meetings held in October and November 2023, respectively, have been published.

Decisions for the Board

No decisions required

Recommendation

The Board is recommended to review the summary minutes of the groups' meetings.

Appendices

None