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Our Board

There is currently one board vacancy being filled though the nominating committee process.

The Mayors from the municipalities of Grand Bay-Westfield, Quispamsis, Rothesay, Saint John and St. Martins are exofficio members.

Nominating Committee Terms of Reference

Enterprise Saint John Nominating Committee

Nominating Process Guidelines:

When the original Board of Enterprise Saint John was selected in 1998, a process was adapted; the basis of which is still in place today. It includes the establishment of a Nominating Committee of the Board with the mandate to:

1. Advise Appointing Bodies of the names of potential nominees based on skills and abilities, willingness to dedicate the time and have the level of interest and commitment to the economic betterment of the Region. (Our By-laws make allowance for the Regional Mayors to be Ex-officio members of the Board but prohibits elected members from being members.)
   
   

   COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
   per Letters of Patent Revised March 1998
   APPOINTING BODY	# MEMBERS	RECOMMENDED
   Quispamsis	1
   Rothesay	1
   Grand Bay-Westfield	1
   Saint John	5	1 Board of Trade
   ACOA	4	1 Board of Trade
   Province of NB (BNB)	4	1 Board of Trade
   	16

    
2. Work with the Appointing Bodies to maintain a Board whose members have a diverse range of professional and business skills including a strong familiarity with the sectors that are strategic to the Region as well as demonstrated community involvement. (Growth Sectors: ICT, Tourism, Energy & Advanced Manufacturing and Health Sciences)
   
   The Enterprise Saint John Nominating Committee meets regularly to discuss potential names for the Board and consults and also meets with a number of potential nominees. In addition, consistent with our Letters Patent, the Saint John Board of Trade is also formally consulted with and has opportunity to forward nominations.
   
   Once a consensus has been reached by the Committee on potential names, the committee attempts to ensure the individual names are submitted to whichever nominating body seems most logical.
   
    
3. Other Criteria for consideration:
   1. Sector Representation:
      
      

      REPRESENTED SECTORS
      a)	Tourism
      b)	Telecommunications
      c)	Information Technology
      d)	Education
      e)	Youth
      f)	Health Sciences
      g)	Energy
      h)	Manufacturing
      i)	Transportation
      j)	Entrepreneurship
      k)	Retail
      l)	Professional Services
      m)	Labour Force
      n)	Immigration

      
       
   2. Enterprise Saint John Governance Policy: Core Competencies
      
      

      POLICY:	BOARD - CORE COMPETENCIES
      POLICY TYPE:	GOVERNANCE
      APPROVAL:	BOARD OF DIRECTORS
      DATE OF LAST REVISION:	October 20, 2008
      DATE OF ISSUE:	November 27, 2008

POLICY STATEMENT:

Core Competencies will be a basic consideration in Board member recruitment/nomination in order to optimize Board effectiveness.

Accordingly, the core competencies are as follows:

• Understands the role and responsibility of governance
• Understands the organization's purpose and mission
• Has current knowledge and understanding of emerging challenges and opportunities related to Enterprise Saint John’s mission
• Challenges the status quo, innovates and takes calculated risks
• Has financial literacy to contribute to the Board’s fulfillment of its fiduciary responsibility
• Collaborates to work effectively and build an environment of trust with other Board members and the CEO
• Monitors the progress of strategic initiatives relative to their desires outcome
• Promotes a collective agenda that supersedes individual agendas or interests
• Supports voicing of minority views/opinions to ensure that they receive full consideration in decision making
• Preserves appropriate levels of confidentiality
• Contributes to the work of the Board through regular attendance at meetings and by participating in standing and ad hoc committees as assigned 
• Continuously learns and develops