Item #:
23.10-03B
Item:
Quarterly risk review
To:
Electoral Commission
For:
Board meeting 16 August 2023
Prepared by: Kristin Leslie, Manager Strategy, Risk, and Assurance
Recommendations
It is recommended that the Board:
1.
discuss and
provide feedback the content of the attached risk profile
2.
note that we consider the risks to all be stable, as whilst extensive activities are underway in the run up to
GE23, generally the inherent risk has risen commensurately.
Purpose
1.
This paper supports a review of risk by the Board.
Discussion
2.
As part of changes to the way the Commission manages risk, the Board agreed to conduct quarterly ‘deep dive’
reviews and take the time to discuss risk management and mitigation activity in more detail.
3.
The full, latest version of the Risk Profile is attached in Appendix A. The red text reflects changes made to the
previous version.
4.
Relevant staff throughout the Commission contributed to the risk profile and ELT have reviewed the risk profile
Next Steps
5.
The next quarterly review of the risk profile is anticipated to be in October 2023, when we also anticipate
having some information about further planning for progressing the work programme during the 2023-24 work
programme.
Appendices
A – Full ELT and Board Risk Profile, July 2023
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