The board of NRPSI Ltd, newly established on 1st April 2011 as a registered company limited by guarantee, consists of 7 non-executive directors of whom 4, including the chair are lay members and 3 are interpreters and registrants. All seven directors were selected through a competitive process by an independent appointments panel. The directors duties are owed to the company only. Whilst it is important that within its membership the board contains a range of skills and experience, including that of acting as a public service interpreter, no director represents or acts on behalf of any third party or interest in conducting the affairs of the company. Indeed there are procedures in place that require a director to make a declaration of actual or potential conflicts of interest on an issue and if necessary be excluded from any decisions on that issue.
