Board Committees | Bermuda Hospitals Board

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Executive Committee

The main purposes of the Executive Committee are to: establish organisational Governance structure and principles; ensure effective and efficient Board decision making; coordinate activities of the Board and its Committees; make urgent decisions; and act as a sounding board for the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Chair: Matthew Pifer

Committee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Anna Neilson-Williams MD
  • Kathy-Ann Swan
  • Miguel DaPonte, Co-opted

Executive Compensation Subcommittee

The Subcommittee provides the Executive Committee with the information required to fulfill its fiduciary responsibility to safeguard the organisation. It ensures the Executive Committee fully understands the process by which executive compensation decisions are made in relation to market practices, regulatory guidelines and the established compensation philosophy. The Committee can be issued authority by the full Executive Committee to make executive compensation decisions. However, the full Executive Committee should oversee the delegation of this function and bears the ultimate responsibility for ensuring sound decision making in this area.

Chair: Matthew Pifer

Subcommittee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Alana Rogers
  • Kathy-Ann Swan

Finance and Audit Committee

The main purposes of the Committee are to: assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to ensure financial governance and integrity; ensure an effective internal financial control system is maintained throughout the organisation; and ensure financial planning and resource management processes support the strategic direction and corporate objectives of the Board.

Chair: Kathleen Bibbings

Committee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Ricky Brathwaite
  • Anna Neilson-Williams MD
  • Scott Pearman
  • Shkysi Cummings, BHB
  • Arthur Ebbin, BHB
  • Preston Swan, BHB

Capital and Estates Subcommittee

Reporting to the Finance and Audit Committee, the purpose of this Subcommittee is to provide key governance and oversight on estates management and ensure there is communication between key stakeholders with respect to the ongoing management of the historical estate, PPP Project for the Acute Care Wing, and the development and implementation of the BHB Estate Master Plan for the wider collective campuses managed by the Board.

Chair: Arthur Ebbin, BHB

Subcommittee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Scott Pearman
  • Gina Benjamin, BHB
  • John Casey, BHB
  • Lloyd Christopher, BHB
  • Anthony Hunter, BHB
  • Sita Ingram, BHB
  • Keltie Jamieson, BHB
  • Denise Riviere, BHB
  • E Michael Smith, BHB
  • Preston Swan, BHB

Insurance Subcommittee

Reporting to the Governance and Risk Committee, the main purpose of this Subcommittee is to ensure a comprehensive insurance programme is maintained for the benefit of the Board, the hospitals and the employees.

Chair: Matthew Pifer

Subcommittee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Shkysi Cummings, BHB
  • Arthur Ebbin, BHB
  • Joel Forbes, BHB
  • Debra Goins-Francis, BHB
  • Bernie Miller, BHB
  • Preston Swan, BHB

Pensions Subcommittee

Reporting to the Finance and Audit Committee, the main purposes of this Subcommittee are to: oversee, review, report and, where appropriate, provide recommendations to the Board regarding pension plan matters and policies; make investment decisions in accordance with the Statements of Investment Policies and Goals for the plans adopted and modified by the Subcommittee; and oversee the investment managers.

Chair: Miguel DaPonte, Co-opted

Subcommittee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Scott Pearman
  • Arthur Ebbin, BHB
  • Angela Fraser-Pitcher, BHB
  • Nyon Steede, BHB
  • Union Representatives

Programme Steering Group

Reporting to the Finance and Audit Committee, the primary goal of the Group is to effectively deliver efficient, high-quality clinical and operational services which meet the expectations of government, island-wide health population and staff. The main purposes of the Group are to: lead the development and implementation of BHB’s Clinical Services, Quality and Financial Plans; manage over-arching performance of the programmes; provide guidance and direction to the individual executive leads; and address issues escalated to the Group and the Executive Team.

Chair: Arthur Ebbin, BHB

Subcommittee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Anna Neilson-Williams MD
  • Scott Pearman
  • Lynnette Bean, BHB
  • Gina Benjamin, BHB
  • Shkysi Cummings, BHB
  • Angela Fraser-Pitcher, BHB
  • Anthony Hunter, BHB
  • Keltie Jamieson, BHB
  • Anna Nowak, BHB
  • Judy Richardson, BHB
  • Denise Riviere, BHB
  • Norma Smith, BHB
  • Preston Swan, BHB
  • Vance Stevens, BHB

Governance and Risk Committee

The main purposes of the Committee are to: scrutinise and review the systems in place to ensure, monitor and improve the quality of healthcare; establish and maintain an effective system of integrated governance, risk management and internal control across all BHB activities; ensure BHB has a strategy which allows for the continuing identification and prioritisation of risks, the identification of how risk is measured and a description of action taken to manage each key risk; and oversee the establishment and implementation of policies and procedures throughout BHB.

Chair: Kathy-Ann Swan

Committee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Anna Neilson-Williams MD
  • Arthur Ebbin, BHB
  • Keltie Jamieson, BHB
  • Cheryl-Ann Mapp, BHB
  • Judy Richardson, BHB
  • Preston Swan, BHB
  • Karen Smith, Co-opted

Enterprise Risk Management Subcommittee

The Board is ultimately responsible for determining the nature and extent of significant risks it is willing to take in achieving its strategic objectives. The Committee has an overall responsibility for providing oversight and advice to the Governance and Risk Committee on current risk exposures and future risk strategies for ensuring the safety of the hospitals’ staff, patients, third party contractors and the community.

Chair: Preston Swan, BHB

Subcommittee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Lynnette Bean, BHB
  • Shkysi Cummings, BHB
  • Angela Fraser-Pitcher, BHB
  • Sita Ingram, BHB
  • Keltie Jamieson, BHB
  • Cheryl-Ann Mapp, BHB
  • Tammoi Simons, BHB
  • Norma Smith, BHB

Medical Staff Committee

The Committee reports to the Board regarding medical staff matters and clinical activities. It is responsible for integrating and coordinating the departmental activities of the hospitals, and for developing overall policies with regard to clinical care and medical organisation. The Committee makes recommendations to the Board and CEO on medical administrative matters, and hospital operations, problems and procedures. It is also responsible for taking reasonable steps to ensure ethical professional conduct by all members of BHB’s medical staff.

Chair: Anna Neilson-Williams MD

Committee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Burton Butterfield MD, BHB
  • TerryLynne Emery, MD, BHB
  • Eyitayo Fakunle MD, BHB
  • Richard Hammond MD, BHB
  • Zeinab Hussein MD, BHB
  • Akbar Lightbourne MD, BHB
  • Sylvanus Nawab MD, BHB
  • Chikezie Dean Okereke MD, BHB
  • William Peckett MD, BHB
  • Judy Richardson, BHB
  • Daniel Stovell MD, BHB
  • Alicia Stovell-Washington MD, BHB

Human Resources and Engagement Committee

The Board is ultimately responsible for determining the nature and extent of significant risks it is willing to take in achieving its strategic objectives. The Committee has an overall responsibility for providing oversight and advice to the Governance and Risk Committee on current risk exposures and future risk strategies for ensuring the safety of the hospitals’ staff, patients, third party contractors and the community.

Chair: Kathy-Ann Swan

Committee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

  • Tameisha Matthew
  • Anna Neilson-Williams MD
  • Scott Pearman
  • Alana Rogers
  • Anna Nowak, BHB
  • Judy Richardson, BHB
  • Denise Riviere, BHB
  • Jennifer Smatt, Co-opted