ICGN call for Board Nominations

Letter to ICGN Members

On behalf of the ICGN Nomination Committee, I am pleased to invite ICGN members to put forward nominations for candidates to serve on the ICGN Board of Governors in 2022-2023.  The election of the Board will take place at the ICGN AGM being held virtually on 6th September 2022 at 1400 Hours BST.  Nominations should be received by the ICGN Secretariat by 24th May 2022. 

The responsibility of the ICGN Nomination Committee is to propose to ICGN members a maximum of 12 candidates for election to the Board at the upcoming AGM. In doing so, the ICGN’s Articles of Association require the Nomination Committee to “make recommendations which recognise the ICGN’s mission and board diversity policy, noting that the historic strength of ICGN comes from the investing community, and with the majority of those recommended being investor representatives”. 

This year, we expect that two vacancies will arise. While all nominations are welcome, we are looking to strengthen the Board’s gender and racial diversity, ensure a strong presence of Asset Owner representatives on the Board (noting that one such Board member stepped down recently due to ill health), and add a Board member from a geography outside Europe and North America. 

For candidates to become eligible, their nomination must be supported by three ICGN members who are not members of the Nomination Committee. Nominations should be made on the following appended forms sent to Garvin Payne by email at garvin.payne@icgn.org. 

• Form 1: This should be completed by the candidate putting herself/himself forward and should include a biography and a motivation statement.  
• Form 2: This should be submitted by each of the three ICGN members supporting the nomination.  

Download Form 1 & 2 & Appendices - Word Version (Amendable)
Download Form 1 & 2 & Appendices - PDF Version

If the Nomination Committee does not recommend a candidate for a seat on the Board, her/his name will not be disclosed outside the Nomination Committee and current Board unless she/he specifically requests from the outset that her/his candidacy be put to the AGM anyway.  The candidate would then require the support of 25 members present at the meeting for their nomination to move forward. 

Current members of the ICGN Board of Governors are shown in annex 1. By the time of the AGM, Ms. Kruse will have served the maximum allowable period and will therefore retire from the Board at the end of the AGM. The other 10 incumbent Board members are expected to stand for re-election.  

ICGN members who are ineligible for election to the Board by virtue of prior service are shown in annex 2. We have also provided a list of members of the Nomination Committee in annex 3. Further information is provided as excerpts from the ICGN Articles of Association and Board Charter in annex 4 for your convenience.  

Please feel free to contact me or any other member of the ICGN Nomination Committee directly to discuss Board nominations.  We look forward to receiving your recommendations. 

Yours sincerely, 

Geof Stapledon,  
Chair, ICGN Nomination Committee