Term
The Independent Chair will be able to serve a maximum of 3 terms of 3 years.
Time Commitment & Remuneration
The NGB meets 7 times per season including 2 x 2-day strategy meetings. Meetings are usually held midweek during working hours at Wembley Stadium.
An allowance can be claimed for attendance at each meeting of the NGB (currently £300/meeting) along with any travel or subsistence expenses incurred.
Definition of Independence
Independent means a person who is:
- free from any close connection to The FA and a close connection shall be deemed to include, without limitation, the following:
- the person is, or has been within the last six months, actively involved in The FA's affairs or held any position or role within The FA (including, without limitation, being a Member of The FA Council, a member of any committee of The FA or an employee, director or officer of The FA);
ii) the person holds, or has held within the last six months, a position or role with any Football Stakeholder (including, without limitation, being an employee, director or officer of any Football Stakeholder);
iii) the person has, or has had within the last six months, a Material Business Relationship with The FA; and
iv) the person has close family ties (including by way of being connected with an individual as a spouse, civil partner, former spouse, former civil partner, parent, step or adopted parent, grandparent, child, step child, adopted child, descendant, qualifying co-habitant or next-of-kin) with any directors, senior employees or committee members of The FA or any Member of The FA Council; and
- viewed as independent from the perspective of an objective outsider;
