BA Board of Directors

BA Board of Directors

The Association is governed by a Board of Directors answerable to the membership in General Meeting. It meets not less than three times a year. The Board representatives are listed below and can be contacted by any BA member who wants a particular issue brought to the notice of a Board meeting; simply click on the name of the Board member you wish to contact.

The members of the Board are listed below.

Graham Rand (BA President) THE, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Tim Godfray (Chief Executive) The Booksellers Association, London

Sharon Murray (Officer) Blackwell’s, Oxford

Jane Streeter (Officer) The Bookcase, Lowdham

Willie Anderson (Chairman, Book Tokens Ltd.) John Smith & Son Group Ltd.

Philip Wicks (Chairman, batch.co.uk Ltd.) Yorkshire Books Ltd.

Stuart Mathews (Managing Director, Book Tokens Ltd.)

Fraser Tanner (Managing Director, batch.co.uk Ltd.)

Tim Trigg (Finance Director, B.A. Group)

Responsibilities of the Board

• Furthering the objects of the Association as expressed in its Memorandum of Association.
• The appointment of a Chief Executive and, through the Chief Executive, monitoring the efficiency and well being of the paid Executive staff.
• Agreeing the remuneration of the paid Executive staff.
• The financial administration and management of the affairs of the Association, including the scrutiny of detailed budgets provided by the paid Executive; approving B.A. budgets and monitoring financial performance.
• Setting and agreeing financial and other targets with each of the Association’s subsidiary companies, and monitoring their performance throughout the year.
• Liaison with and, when appropriate, the consideration of reports from, companies partly owned by the Association.
• The circulation to members of an Annual Report and annual accounts.
• Recommending professional appointments, such as those of auditors, bankers, solicitors and stockbrokers, to the Association’s Annual General Meeting.
• The appointment of such committees and working groups as may be necessary to the efficient working of the Association, and the appointment of representatives to joint committees and outside bodies.
• The production and circulation to members of a circular, keeping members informed of Association activities and of the work of the Board.
• To be mindful of the need of members of whatever size or type for a voice to express their interests and concerns and, in particular, to act upon the decisions of the Advisory Council.
• The development and application of ideas for the betterment of bookselling.