EURIM 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.

Chairman and President

The Earl of Erroll is the Chairman. 

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 (e.g. 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

Working Goups

The working groups are commonly led by a Parliamentary Chair and an Industry Chair from a member company. They may also have vice-chairs and subgroups. Each working group also has one or more rapporteurs who support the chairman and assists with drafting, research, minutes and some administration. EURIM commonly provides a budget towards the cost of the rapporteurs, with any over-run funded by the participants in that group. 

Officers and Staff

The joint Company Secretaries of EURIM, Ian Boagé and Kate Norman, have day-to-day responsibility for statutory and board matters and administration.

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

The current working group rapporteurs are Lucy Fairbrother, Emma Fryer, Dan Mount, Ed Phelps and Dave Wright. The Groups also make use of secondees, full or part time, when available.

EURIM is a "virtual" organisation with no physical office location. The “staff” work from their homes as a networked team; all are part-time and undertake specific tasks according to EURIM’s needs and their availability.

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