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Share Schemes Expert Group

Share Schemes Expert Group

Our Share Schemes Expert Group examines all aspects of share scheme regulation to ensure that they remain cost effective and easy to implement for small and mid-sized quoted companies.

The group is currently working on/responsible for:

  • The publication and maintenance of the QCA Remuneration Committee Guide (2020). The Group also holds an annual event on share schemes for QCA members and contributes to the QCA’s Budget Representation to HM Treasury
  • Monitoring and influencing developments on tax-advantaged and employee share schemes (Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans, Enterprise Management Incentives), remuneration and executive pay
  • Engaging regularly with key Government departments, regulators and other industry bodies, including HM Treasury, HMRC, BEIS, the Government Equalities Office (GEO), the Investment Association, the Institutional Voting Information Service

Share Schemes Expert Group Members

Share Schemes Chair

Jennifer Rudman  Equiniti

Share Schemes Deputy Chair

Fiona Bell  RSM UK Group LLP

Jonathan Fletcher Rogers  Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Andy Goodman  BDO
Caroline Harwood  BDO
Graham Muir  CMS
Nick Hipwell  DLA Piper UK LLP
Danny Blum  Eversheds Sutherland
Isabel Pooley  Grant Thornton UK LLP
Fiona Cross  Gravita
Nikhil Oza  Gravita
Ian Shaw  Korn Ferry
Chris Barnes  KPMG LLP
Simon Allum  LexisNexis
Sakhee Ganatra  Mishcon De Reya
JD Ghosh  MM&K
Stuart James  MM&K
Helen Hopkins  MUFG Corporate Markets
Michael Carter  Osborne Clarke
Catherine Heyes  PKF Littlejohn LLP
Dan Sharman  Shoosmiths LLP
Ian Brown  Slaughter and May
Nicholas Stretch  Stephenson Harwood
Elissavet Grout  Travers Smith

Meetings

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19 March, 2025

Share Schemes Expert Group – March 2025

This meeting is being held on Monday 24 March 2025, at 4.00pm.
6 November, 2024

Share Schemes Expert Group – November 2024

This meeting is being held on Wednesday 6 November at 4.00pm with Andrew Ninian of the Investment Association as guest speaker.
10 July, 2024

Share Schemes Expert Group – July 2024

This meeting is being held on Thursday 18 July at 4.00pm with Tom Simmons of the London Stock Exchange as guest speaker.

Published Responses

25 September, 2025 in Responses

QCA response to Takeover Panel – Invitation to comment: Dual Class Share Structures, IPOs and Share Buybacks

QCA response to Takeover Panel - Invitation to comment: Dual Class Share Structures, IPOs and Share Buybacks
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16 September, 2025 in Responses

QCA response to DBT – Exposure draft of UK Sustainability Reporting Standards: UK SRS S1 and UK SRS S2

QCA response to DBT - Exposure draft of UK Sustainability Reporting Standards: UK SRS S1 and UK SRS S2
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16 September, 2025 in Responses

QCA response to Business and Trade Select Committee – Inquiry into financing the real economy

QCA response to the Business and Trade Select Committee's inquiry into financing the real economy.
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