9 Advisory Groups Updates

30 January 2024 Agenda Paper 9

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.

Since the December 2023 Board meeting, only the Financial Instruments Working Group (FIWG) has met. The table below also sets out the meetings held by these groups during the last 12 months.

Links to the meeting minutes, available at the time of writing, are also included in the table below. Since the December 2023 Board meeting, the minutes of the Investor Advisory Group (IAG) and the Financial Instruments Working Group (FIWG) meetings, held in November 2023, and the Rate-regulated Activities Technical Advisory Group (RRA TAG) meeting, held in December 2023, 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