The Appian Trading Board is a new Board set up as part of the new structure agreed by Council in February 2010.  Formed in 2004 the trading subsidiary was established to reduce the risk of the Institution unintentionally trading outside its permitted area and becoming liable for tax, to reduce the danger of ‘riskier’ activities undermining the core work of the Institution, and to enable the Institution to undertake activities outside of its charitable objects to generate funds to be used to support of the work of the charity.  In the new structue the Board has an enhanced role in actively managing the Institution’s commercial activities.

 The terms of reference for the Appian Trading Board are:

• To act as the Company Board for Appian Trading.
• To establish and drive forward a business plan for Appian Trading in the best interests of the Institution.
• To provide the strategic direction for all commercial activities undertaken by the Institution (and make recommendations to the Executive Board where necessary)

The membership of the Board for 2011-12 is:

Chris Jackson (Chair)
Mark Pemberthy (Vice Chair)
Chris Connor
David Gibby
Daniel Jackson
Graeme Jones
Jerry Pert
Tim Speed
David Tarrant
Arthur Thompson
Paul Warner