Role of the Council

The Council defines and oversees the implementation of our corporate strategy

The primary role of the Council is to establish and develop our corporate strategy, and to ensure that this aligns with our objectives.

It is the Council which draws up the operational rules for how we should be managed, what sub-groups are required; who should be on them and tasks they should perform.

The members of the Council are collectively the trustees of CIPS the registered charity. They have specific responsibilities to ensure that we are being properly managed, that our assets are protected and used for the proper purpose. The Council must ensure that the annual report and accounts are presented to an Annual General Meeting each year. The Council’s stewardship of our financial well-being also means that it sets the reserves policy, approves the annual budget and determines the membership subscription fees.

The Council has powers to create subsidiary bodies to which it delegates the management and detailed implementation of our strategy. The principal subsidiary body is the Board of Management.

Find out more about members of our council.