Governance and Trustees
As a charity Leeds University Union has a Board of Trustees to oversee key decision making which relates to the future of LUU.
The trustees have a responsibility to ensure that LUU is not threatened by bad financial decisions, breaks the law and that the work that is being done is for the benefit for its members – the students.
The trustees are not involved in the representative side of LUU, which is handled by Union Council and the Referendum process.
The Board of trustees is supported by three sub-committees which focus on certain key aspects of LUU which are:
Audit & Risk Committee
Audit & Risk committee have the responsibility of monitoring LUU’s finances, risk profile and other aspects which could impact on LUU’s future health. They scrutinise the annual accounts, ask questions when our commercial operations aren’t performing as they should be and make sure that LUU is complying with laws and regulations.
Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
The HR committee examine issues relating to LUU staff; staff survey results, pay changes, training and development and staff policies are all discussed at this meeting.
Appointments Committee
The Appointments Committee is responsible for ensuring that new trustees are recruited and inducted and developed properly. They also have overall responsibility for recruiting the Chief Executive of LUU.