The Council submit the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 19 November 2004.
1. That Mr Nigel W. Brown, Chairman, N.W. Brown Group Ltd, be appointed a member of the Council in class (e) to serve from 1 January 2005 for four years.1
2. That Lord Simon of Highbury, CAI, be appointed a member of the Council in class (e) to serve from 1 January 2005 for four years.2
1 See the Council's Notice, p. 162. Mr Brown is currently an external member of the Finance Committee. He will resign from this position if appointed to the Council. He has agreed to chair the Council's Audit Committee, and, subject to approval of this Grace, the Council have appointed him to chair this Committee. The appointment of the proposed internal deputy chairman of the Audit Committee will be announced later.
2 See the Council's Notice, p. 162. Lord Simon is a former Chairman of BP plc; a former Minister of State for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe; and is Chairman of the Cambridge Foundation.