Appendix 1: Data on the overseas trips and redundancy and severance payments

Report to the Council: Additional assurance work on travel expenses, redundancy and severance payments.

Trips to Hong Kong and China

Please note that we have had to collate the details in the following table from various records. Problems with the completeness of information provided by Wintec means this table should not be relied on as a complete or definitive record of trips taken.

Trip reference Approximate date of trip Known attendees Known locations (Hong Kong/China)
1 1-18 April 2009 Chief Executive, Director Internationalisation, Executive Director Commercial, Non-executive staff Beijing, Xian, Shandong, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Hong Kong
2 23-27 May 2009 Director Internationalisation, Non-executive staff Chengdu, Hong Kong
3 10-25 October 2009 Chief Executive LearningWorks Limited Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen
4 12-17 October 2009 Director Internationalisation Hong Kong
5 22 November-1 December 2009 Chief Executive, Director Internationalisation, China Agent’s staff Hong Kong, Beijing, Chengdu, Wuxi, Shenzhen
6 8-18 April 2010 Chief Executive, Director Internationalisation, Director Support Services, China Agent’s staff Beijing, Zibo, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
7 9-25 June 2010 Chief Executive, Director Internationalisation, China Agent’s staff Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing
8 12-18 September 2010 Senior Advisor, Non-executive staff, China Agent’s staff Chengdu, Shenzhen, Hong Kong
9 16-22 October 2010 Director Internationalisation, China Agent’s staff Shenzhen, Hong Kong
10 13-19 January 2013 International Business & Relationship Director, International Office staff, Non-executive staff Qingdao, Tianjin
11 27 February-9 March 2013 International Business & Relationship Director, Non-Executive staff, International Office staff Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao
12 7-20 April 2013 Chief Executive, International Business & Relationship Director, Senior Advisor, International Office staff Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Chengdu
13 18-25 May 2013 Senior Advisor, Non-executive staff Unclear. Flights suggest Hong Kong. No known accommodation
14 17 June-1 July 2013 International Business & Relationship Director, International Office staff, Non-executive staff Chengdu, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Beijing
15 6-13 July 2013 Senior Advisor, Director Products and Planning, Non-executive staff Chengdu
16 13-30 September 2013 Chief Executive, Chair, International Business & Relationship Director, Senior Advisor, International Office Staff, Non-executive staff Hong Kong, Chengdu, Tianjin, Qingdao, Zibo
17 5-12 December 2013 International Business & Relationship Director, Director Internationalisation, International Office staff Changchun, Tianjin, Beijing
18 2-11 June 2017 Chief Executive, International Office staff Shanghai, Tianjin, Chengdu, Beijing
19 9-24 September 2017 Council Members, Chief Executive, Senior Advisor, International Office staff Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun
20 24 November-2 December 2017 Senior Advisor, International Office staff Shenzhen, Tianjin

Redundancy and severance payments

Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of redundancy payments 2 10 5 7 8
Number of severance payments 5 1 8 8 3
Annual total 7 11 13 15 11

Average redundancy payment between 2013 and 2017 inclusive: $37,007

Average severance payment between 2013 and 2017 inclusive: $35,993