2021 Marketing Director Election

As a result of the 2021 Executive Nominations process, 2 candidates have confirmed that they wish to run for the role of Marketing Director. In accordance with the IRMS Constitution, we are therefore running an election to decide who the successful candidate should be.

How it works:

From 11th February 2021 all IRMS members can cast their vote in the election for a Marketing Director. Members therefore can review this webpage to find out more about each candidate and then cast their vote online for their preferred candidate. 

The vote closes on 5th March 2021 at which point the votes cast will be counted and verified. Once confirmed the successful candidate will be announced and they will be appointed to the role as of the AGM in May 2021. 

Candidates can canvass members via SocialLink and personal social media to promote engagement and support for their candidacy. Candidates have also completed a survey of their history, vision for the role and any declared interests to help members decide.

If either candidate acts in any way that would be considered a breach of the IRMS Constitution, Standing Orders or any of the Society's policies or standards their candidacy may be voided. 

The Marketing Director role:

The role is a Director of the IRMS. Directors are typically responsible for a specific area of the running of the Society in order to support the role and responsibilities of the Constitutional Officers. 

This Director post has the specific remit of supporting the development and operation of the IRMS Marketing. They are charged with managing, co-ordinating and delivering the marketing activities of the Society

Meet the candidates:

Andrew Harvey

Andrew has been Group Head of Information Governance / Data Protection Officer for one, then two, NHS Trusts in Sussex since April 2015. He is responsible for the safe, effective and legal curation and use of their patients’ data. He is also an independent trainer and consultant in the same space, generally working with companies outside Sussex.

Like many, finding his love for Information Governance was through serendipity, beginning in 2011 following redundancy from elsewhere in NHS Information Services. He has very much found his niche, however, having worked with independent sector healthcare providers as well as commissioners.

By virtue of his current role, Andrew has been elected Chair of both the Sussex-Wide Information Governance Group (in October 2015) and the National Health and Social Care Strategic Information Governance Network (in July 2018). He strives in these roles to network and influence national Information Governance policy and procedure in support of practitioners in the field working in the regions, and the best outcomes for patients and services users.

A Fellow of the IRMS, and winner of its 2018 Author of the Year Award, Andrew works continually to improve his knowledge, and is currently in the final year of his LLM in Information Rights Law and Practice at Northumbria University, writing a dissertation on the impact of the GDPR on Data Protection Accountability. There is also the writing of a book on NHS Information Governance bubbling in the background.

Away from work he is a keen fan of Doctor Who (‘the old stuff, the proper stuff’, he says) and lives in West Sussex with his wife and pigeon pair of toddler twins.

Andrew Harvey Questionnaire

Sarah Norman

Sarah has worked in the archive and records management field for over a decade. Her career has encompassed both Civil Service and the private sector having held a series of increasingly senior roles at the National Archives, HM Treasury, BNY Mellon and now as Head of Information and Cyber Security at the Department for Transport. She has extensive experience in FOI, Data Protection and EIR compliance alongside her information management, record keeping and archive knowledge.

She has been Training Director of the Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) since 2017, where she is responsible for ensuring the training needs of members are met and putting in place training agreements with suppliers. She is a member of the Awards Panel and Accreditation sub committees and also serves as a Judge for the Public Sector Paperless Awards, has presented at several IRMS and Archives and Records Association (ARA) conferences and was previously an ARA Council for the Nations and Regions Representative and was an ARA ARC magazine editor. She was a nominee for the IRMS "Professional of the year"

Sarah was awarded an IRMS Fellowship in 2020

Sarah Norman Questionnaire

How to vote:

To vote for your preferred candidate you will need to ensure you are logged into the IRMS website using your membership details and follow the link below. 

https://irms.org.uk/surveys/?id=Marketing_Director_Election

Once you click to finish voting your vote will have been submitted and no further action is required from you. Remember, the deadline is Friday 5th March 2021.

Queries or concerns:

If you have any queries or concerns about the process, please contact the IRMS Secretary (David Reeve) on secretary@irms.org.uk who is overseeing the election. Alternatively, if you require any urgent/immediate response please contact the IRMS Administrators, KSAM, on (0)1625 664520 or info@irms.org.uk.