The ETI Board

Governance of the ETI

• The ETI Board is responsible for determining and overseeing the overall policy, strategy and activities of ETI.
   
• The Board has nine voting members or directors, comprised of three representatives from each of the three main categories of members, ie, companies, trade union organisations, and NGOs. Each of the three constituencies also has one alternate director, who may attend Board meetings as a voting member if any of the other three representatives in their constituency is unavailable.
   
• The 9 corporate, trade union and NGO directors are elected by their respective caucus groups. Once elected, NGO and corporate directors remain on the Board for up to three years, after which period they are required to stand down, but may stand for re-election. Trade union members do not elect their representatives to the ETI Board, rather they nominate them.
   
• The Board also has a tenth, non-voting director, who is a representative appointed by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The DFID representative sits as an observer on the ETI Board.
   
• Board directorships are not paid positions.
   
• The Board is chaired by an independent Chair, who is appointed by the Board. The position of Chair is a paid position.
   
• The Board meets approximately four times a year. These quarterly Board meetings are ETI’s key decision-making fora.

 

Current Board Members

(as of April, 2008)

Chair:
Alan Robert

Vice Chair:
Tony Young

Corporate representatives:
Pam Batty, Next
Lakshmi Bhatia, Gap Inc. (alternate)
Javier Chercoles Blazquez, Inditex
Rob Brown, Boots the Chemists
Steve Homer, Flamingo Holdings (Co-opted Food Group)

Trade union representatives:
James Howard, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Neil Kearney, International Textiles, Garments and Leather Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF)
Teresa Mackay, Unite
Simon Steyne, Trades Union Congress (TUC)

NGO representatives:
Maggie Burns, Women Working Worldwide
Usha Kar, Africa Now
Peter Williams, National Homeworkers Group (NGH)
(Vacancy)

Department for International Development (DFID) observer:
Jillian Popkins  

 

See also:

Minutes of Board Meetings

Policy and procedure to identify and deal with any potential conflicts of interest arising between the role of the Chair of ETI and other independent activities the Chair may carry out.

Policy and procedure to identify and deal with any potential conflicts of interest arising between the role of the Board Directors of ETI and other independent activities the Directors may carry out.

Terms of reference for the renumeration sub-committee.