Before registering for our Nominations Service, check your suitability using the checklist below.
1. Do you have experience as a Chief Executive or Senior Manager in a commercial, professional or community organisation?
2. Have you been a chair or president of a community group?
3. Do you have governance experience? Your experience might include a position on one or more of the following:
- Public sector board or committee
- Private sector board of directors
- Local or regional council
- Regulatory or professional body
- School board of trustees
- Religious or community organisation
4. Do you have specialist qualifications and/or work experience? For example, extensive experience in any of the following:
- Accounting
- Financial management
- Banking and insurance
- Barrister or solicitor
- Risk and assurance
- Strategic development and senior business management
- Change management and organisational development
- Health and safety management
- Applied technical fields in engineering
- Infrastructure, transport and logistics
- Science and digital technology
- Big data
- Research and development
- Media and communications
- Arts and culture
- Education
- Health
- Social services
- Engagement with Crown and public sector agencies
If you have answered ‘yes’ to three or more questions, you may be a suitable candidate.
We do not nominate public servants to Public sector boards and committees. But previous experience as a public servant can be valuable. The Cabinet Office circular CO (02) 5 Appointment of Public Servants to Statutory Boards (external link) has further information.