Structure and Governance

Structure

EURIM is a not-for-profit membership organisation incorporated in 1993 as a Company Limited by Guarantee.  It is governed by a Board of Directors and administered through a Managing Council. For a representation of EURIM structure click Here.

Chairman and President

Margaret Moran, MP for Luton South, is the Chair. 

Ian Taylor, MP for Esher & Walton, is the Vice Chair.

Lord Renwick is EURIM's President. 

Directors

EURIM is governed by its Board of Directors, who are normally Parliamentarians at the time of their appointment. Directors are elected by the Membership at the Annual General Meeting but the Board also has powers to co-opt. Board meetings are held immediately prior to each Council meeting and at other times as the need arises. 

Click here for previous AGM Minutes and Accounts

Click Here for a list of Directors.  

Council

The Directors are assisted by the Managing Council, to whom they may delegate responsibilities. Council comprises:

• The Directors ex officio
• 15 Parliamentary Members – elected at the AGM; the Directors may make appointments to fill vacancies.
• 15 representatives of Corporate Members - elected at the AGM; the Directors may make appointments to fill vacancies.

Council normally meets four times a year (in January, April, July and October).

Sub-Committees (eg The Audit Committee), which must include at least one Director, are formed for specific purposes and their terms of reference are agreed by Council.

Council establishes working groups to carry out the content-specific activities of EURIM and appoints the Group Chairmen. Council monitors group activities and decides how resource will be allocated. Click here for a list of Council Members.

Council Members click here for Council minutes and papers

Content and Issues Panel

The purpose of EURIM's Content and Issues Panel (CIP) is to provide a forum for Parliamentary and Industry members to exchange information on strategy and policy issues, and to agree priorities for action. The CIP will use political feedback from parliamentarians to align parliamentary and industry priorities, so that EURIM activity can be directed accordingly.  Ian Stewart, MP for Eccles, Chairs the CIP.

Click Here for more information on the CIP - objectives, operation and a list of Members

Working Goups

The working groups are led by volunteer chairmen from member companies but each working group has a staff rapporteur who supports the chairman and assists with drafting, research, minutes and some administration. The current  rapporteurs are Emma Fryer and Dave Wright.

Officers and Staff

The Company Secretary of EURIM, Kate Norman, has day-to-day responsibility for statutory and board matters.

The Secretary-General is Philip Virgo and he has overall responsibility for the running of EURIM. Dave Wright is Deputy Secretary-General. They are assisted by: Emma Fryer as Membership Secretary and Kate Norman as Head of Administration and as Editorial Executive. The secretariat provides administrative support for the working groups.

The working groups are assisted by rapporteurs Emma Fryer and Dave Wright.

EURIM is a “virtual” organisation with no physical office location. The staff work from their homes as a networked team; all are part-time.

Membership

The categories of membership are:

• Parliamentary (individual MPs, MEPs or Members of the House of Lords)
  
• Corporate (major organisations)
  
• Associate (small firms and not-for-profit organisations)
  
• Individual