Pay & Conditions Governance

Pay & Conditions Operational Board

The implementation of Pay & Conditions programme is managed by a dedicated programme delivery team based in the HR team, and overseen by the Pay & Conditions Operational Board. The Operational Board met for the first time in August 2024, and has subsequently met in October, and December. Membership of the Pay & Conditions Operational Board consists of:

• Renu Gupta (Chair), Director of Talent & Deputy HR Director
• Alexandra Vincent MBE, Divisional Registrar and Chief Operating Officer, Humanities Division
• Ian Critchlow, Director of Asset & Space Management
• Charlotte Taylor, Director of Financial Planning & Analysis 
• Sara Willis (Secretary), Programme Lead - Pay & Conditions

As illustrated above, membership for the Pay & Conditions Operational Board was drawn from the Finance Division, Estates Services, HR and the Divisions. The Pay & Conditions Programme Operational Board have oversight and governance for the Pay & Conditions programme, taking over from the Steering Committee as the programme of work moved from the Review phase into the Implementation phase.

Steering Committee members

Established in spring 2023, the Pay & Conditions Steering Committee reported directly to the Vice-Chancellor and Council. Its membership included staff from across the collegiate University and drew on expertise and perspectives from other Higher Education Institutions and other sectors. The Steering Committee had oversight of the delivery of the Review up to the point its results and recommendations were delivered to and approved by Council.

• Professor Dame Kay Davies (Chair), Dr Lee’s Professor of Anatomy (Emerita) and former Head of the Department
• Charles Alexander, Finance Bursar, Merton College 
• Duncan Brown (external), independent pay and reward professional (committee member until Sept 2023)
• Professor Sir Rory Collins, Head of the Nuffield Department of Population Health, Member of Council 
• Professor Matt Jarvis, Professor of Astrophysics, Associate Head (People) for MPLS Division, Member of Personnel Committee 
• Dr Markos Koumaditis, Human Resources Director 
• Professor Catherine Law (external), Emeritus Professor at UCL
• Rupert McNeil (external), former Government Chief People Officer, and Group HR Director of Lloyds Banking Group 
• Bob Price (external), a former HR director and former Leader of Oxford City Council
• Lucinda Rumsey, Supernumerary Fellow in English and Senior Tutor, Mansfield College 
• Professor Tim Soutphommasane, Chief Diversity Officer 
• Dr Ignacio Torrecilla, Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist
• Professor Anne Trefethen, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, People & Digital
• Adrian Walcott, independent workplace culture consultant (joined Sept 2023)

The project team supporting the committee was made up of members of the University's Human Resources and Internal Communications teams, supported by members of the Finance Division.

Steering Committee meeting dates and papers

Minutes from each Pay & Conditions Steering Committee meeting were made available on SharePoint for colleagues to access using the links below, within three weeks of each meeting, along with the relevant agenda.

Blog posts written by committee members, to keep staff updated on their progress and activity, can be found on the Pay & Conditions news and updates webpage.