Our governance
The Chief Executive leads the agency with the support of the directing board, and other boards and committees.
Directing board
The board sets our strategic direction. Every month, the board meets to discuss the most important issues for the agency.
The board is made up of:
- the Accounting Officer (AO)
- executive directors
- 2 non-executive directors
Minutes of meetings
Minutes of the board’s meetings are published regularly.
- VOSA directing board, 6 February 2013 (PDF, 271KB)
- VOSA directing board minutes, 9 January 2013 (PDF, 270KB)
See the National Archives for minutes before 2013
Investment and change board
The investment and change board governs the development of change proposals, and reviews and approves business cases for investment.
The board is made up of:
- 2 executive directors (one of whom will chair the board)
- one non-executive director
- 8 corporate senior leaders
Business performance board
The business performance board has responsibility for:
- monitoring and supervising performance against objectives, targets and budgets
- holding directors and senior managers to account to ensure projects are completed
- ensuring VOSA gets best value from its resources
- looking at how projects and programmes have progressed and how they were completed
- monitoring project risks and issues
- tracking the delivery and realisation of project benefits and escalating any issues to the directing board
- looking at post-implementation reviews
The business performance board is chaired by one of 2 executive directors and is attended by 4 corporate senior leaders. Board members cannot be members of the investment and change board at the same time.
Committees
These committees support the Chief Executive and boards:
- audit and risk committee
- health and safety committee
- remuneration committee