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Agenda: 8 December 2025

Published 5 June 2026

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Forestry Commission executive board 133rd meeting, Monday 8 December 2025, 10:00–11:30 in person at Bristol and via MS Teams.

1. Attendees

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

Head of HR (people board)
Head of Organisational Change (AI working group)
Julia Lovell (minute secretary)

2. Agenda

  1. Welcome and introductions (5 mins) – Richard Stanford.
  2. Minutes of the executive board, 23 September 2025 (5 mins) – Richard Stanford.
  3. Government Internal Audit Agency action tracker update (5 mins) – Derrick Osgood.
  4. AI working group terms of reference (5 mins) – Head of Organisational Change.
  5. People board (30 mins) – Amanda Grist, Head of HR:
  • people board update (10 mins)
  • operational hours and trade union relations discussion (20 mins)

6. Any other business (5 mins).

Closed session

10:55

7. New commissioners/Chair update (5 mins) – Richard Stanford.
8. Executive board review next steps discussion (30 mins) – Richard Stanford.

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