The Board of Trustees delegates authority to the Disciplinary Committee to undertake work relating to the execution of disciplinary panel hearings and the imposition of disciplinary or performance sanctions, where they conclude that conduct was below acceptable standards.
Committee’s role
- Hear investigation reports and findings from misconduct investigations carried out by the CIMSPA executive, relating to Tier Four complaints
- Convene a panel to hear an appeals escalation where the original appeal was heard by the CIMSPA Internal Panel
- Consider the points raised through the investigation and base their conclusion on the ‘balance of probability’
- Through Disciplinary Panel hearings, where appropriate impose sanctions along with associated outcomes and remedial action to members and partners whose conduct was below acceptable standards.
- Report on the results of Disciplinary Panel hearings to the Disciplinary Committee (responsibility of the Chair of the Disciplinary Committee).
- Provide appropriate feedback to support decisions made at Disciplinary Panels.
Committee members
- Joelle Conway – Appointed CIMSPA Board Trustee and Chair of the Disciplinary Committee
- Simon Gardner MCIMSPA (Chartered)
- Greg Martin MCIMSPA
- Malcolm Stammers