The principal duties of the Committee are to:
The full terms of reference for the Committee can be found on the Group’s website, corporate.dunelm. com. These terms were last reviewed by the Committee in June 2020.
The Committee's full terms of reference is available here:
A copy of our whistleblowing policy is available here:
Our policy on the use of the statutory auditor is available here:
The following Directors served on the Committee during the year, and meeting attendance is set out in the table below:
Name |
From: |
To: |
Meetings attended |
Skill area |
Ian |
10 July 2019 |
To date |
3/3 |
Financial |
William |
1 July 2015 |
To date |
3/3 |
Operational |
Peter |
10 September 2015 |
To date |
3/3 |
Operational |
Paula |
4 September 2019 |
To date |
2/2 |
Operational |
Liz |
1 May 2013 |
19 November 2019 |
1/1 |
Financial |
The Company Secretary, Dawn Durrant, acts as secretary to the Committee.
The Committee also met in September 2020.
The Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and the Chairman of the Board usually attend meetings by invitation. In addition, the following attended: Group Finance Director, Chief Information Officer, representatives of PwC (for external audit matters) and representatives of KPMG (for internal audit matters).
The Board considers that I have recent and relevant financial experience to chair the Committee, by virtue of my professional qualification and my previous executive roles, including as Chief Financial Officer of Parkdean Resorts Group and Ladbrokes plc. Members of the Committee can also demonstrate a breadth of experience across the retail and consumer goods sector through their current and previous roles – please see the Directors’ biographies on pages 82 to 85 for full details.
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