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Agenda: 30 June 2025

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Forestry Commission executive board 131st meeting, Monday 30 June 2025, 10:00–13:00 in person at Bristol and via MS Teams.

1. Attendees

Richard Stanford (Chair)
Anna Brown
Amanda Grist
Tristram Hilborn
James Pendlebury
Paula Rice
Mike Seddon
Becky Rhodes (observer)

Corporate Governance Manager (Forestry Commission risk register and Government Internal Audit Agency audit actions tracker)
Director of Engineering (travel policy)
Head of Health and Safety and Technical Training (health and safety)
Head of Performance (corporate plan)
Julia Lovell (minute secretary)

2. Agenda

  1. Welcome and introductions (5 mins) – Richard Stanford.
  2. Minutes of the executive board, 10 March 2025 (5 mins) – Richard Stanford.
  3. Health and safety update (5 mins) – Head of Health and Safety and Technical Training.
  4. Corporate plan performance review – (15 mins) – Head of Performance.
  5. Spending review/business planning discussion (15 mins) – group discussion.
  6. Emissions reduction update (15 mins) – Director of Engineering.
  7. Forestry Commission strategic risk register review (10 mins) – Corporate Governance Manager.
  8. Government Internal Audit Agency action tracker review (5 mins) – Corporate Governance Manager.
  9. Executive board purpose, structure and future discussion (20 mins) – Richard Stanford.

Comfort break

11:35 (10 mins)

10. Valuing our information programme update (5 mins) – Mike Seddon
11. Any other business (10 mins):

  • Security Risk Management Forum update for the board
  • Ideas from the Forest Floor project

12. HR/OD review decision (1 hour) – Richard Stanford.

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