Nominations open for techUK Main Board Elected Directors 2024

techUK is pleased to invite nominations from our techUK SME members for positions on our Main Board which arise from the annual rotation of Elected Directors in accordance with our Articles of Association. 

This is a great opportunity to make a difference for the UK tech sector, helping us shape our direction and priorities and working with peers across industry to maximise our collective impact. The Board represents the membership, and nominations are encouraged from SMEs in all parts of the sector and all geographies of the UK. Details of the governance structure and role of the Main Board are on the following link.

What is involved

Your commitment would be to participate in four two-hour Board meetings a year, at which Members are updated on the performance of the business and asked for input on key priorities for the organisation and its membership. Our head of SME engagement, Ed Bevan, will work closely with our SME board members to brief them on upcoming action items and provide support in the form of wider membership insights.

Board members are also encouraged to engage with techUK activities that align with their priorities outside of the main Board meetings. Directors serve for a period of three years.

Process

This year there are four Elected Director vacancies. Authorised representatives of SME member companies are invited to put forward a nominee from their company for an Elected Director position by submitting an online nomination form on the link below by noon on Thursday 28 March 2024.  Any questions may also be addressed to [email protected]. 

All valid nominations will be shared with the authorised representatives of all member companies for voting. Please note that, while promotion of your nomination is allowed across your networks, mass emailing of members to generate support is not allowed and can lead to disqualification.

The nominees with the highest number of votes from the techUK Membership are put forward to the Nominations Committee and subsequently the Main Board for approval. The process culminates in ratification of new appointees at the AGM, which will be held on Wednesday 10 July 2024 at 12:00. 

Eligibility

Elected Director positions are only open to SME full members. This is to ensure broader SME representation on the Board, better reflecting the techUK membership. 

A Small or Medium Enterprise (SME) is defined by techUK as a member company whose global turnover and global headcount meets the conditions for SME’s  as set out in section 465 of the Companies Act 2006, namely global turnover of no more than £36 million and global employees of no more than 250.

Members should not apply unless they are willing to commit to attending four in-person Board meetings per annum.

We hope you will be interested in getting involved. If you have any queries concerning Board membership or the election process then please contact [email protected].