Role of the group
The Export Guarantees Advisory Council (EGAC) is a statutory body which advises the Secretary of State on UK Export Finance’s operations, with a specific duty to provide advice about the provision of reinsurance to the private sector.
Minutes
2025
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: January 2025 (PDF, 162 KB, 5 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: March 2025 (PDF, 142 KB, 5 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: June 2025 (PDF, 138 KB, 4 pages)
2024
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: January 2024 (PDF, 121 KB, 3 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: March 2024 (PDF, 116 KB, 4 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: June 2024 (PDF, 129 KB, 3 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: October 2024 (PDF, 136 KB, 4 pages)
2023
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: February 2023 (PDF, 98.6 KB, 4 pages)
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: June 2023 (PDF, 143 KB, 5 pages)
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: October 2023 (PDF, 106 KB, 3 pages)
2022
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: March 2022 (PDF, 156 KB, 8 pages)
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: October 2022 (PDF, 141 KB, 5 pages)
2021
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: December 2021 (PDF, 161 KB, 7 pages)
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: September 2021 (PDF, 157 KB, 6 pages)
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: May 2021 (PDF, 145 KB, 6 pages)
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: March 2021 (PDF, 144 KB, 5 pages)
2020
Export Guarantee Advisory Council minutes: December 2020 (PDF, 413 KB, 12 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: September 2020 (ODT, 17 KB)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: June 2020 (ODT, 16.6 KB)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: February 2020 (ODT, 16.4 KB)
2019
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: December 2019 (ODT, 16.7 KB)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: June 2019 (PDF, 189 KB, 7 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: February 2019 (PDF, 153 KB, 6 pages)
2018
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: December 2018 (PDF, 355 KB, 14 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: October 2018 (PDF, 160 KB, 6 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: July 2018 (PDF, 168 KB, 8 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: February 2018 (PDF, 148 KB, 4 pages)
2017
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: December 2017 (PDF, 286 KB, 13 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: September 2017 (PDF, 140 KB, 7 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: June 2017 (PDF, 132 KB, 6 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: February 2017 (PDF, 158 KB, 6 pages)
2016
Export Guarantees Advisory Council Minutes: December 2016 (PDF, 118 KB, 11 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council Minutes: September 2016 (PDF, 125 KB, 7 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council Minutes: May 2016 (PDF, 57 KB, 8 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council Minutes: Feb 2016 (PDF, 31.9 KB, 12 pages)
2015
Export Guarantees Advisory Council Minutes: December 2015 (PDF, 187 KB, 19 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council Minutes: September 2015 (PDF, 297 KB, 9 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council Minutes: June 2015 (PDF, 142 KB, 3 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council Minutes: May 2015 (PDF, 212 KB, 8 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council Minutes: February 2015 (PDF, 224 KB, 11 pages)
2014
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: December 2014 (PDF, 347 KB, 14 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: September 2014 (PDF, 47.1 KB, 11 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: May 2014 (PDF, 36.1 KB, 8 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: February 2014 (PDF, 46.6 KB, 11 pages)
2013
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: December 2013 (PDF, 98.1 KB, 14 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: September 2013 (PDF, 39.6 KB, 9 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: May 2013 (PDF, 30.6 KB, 7 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: February 2013 (PDF, 54.1 KB, 12 pages)
2012
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: December 2012 (PDF, 48.6 KB, 12 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: September 2012 (PDF, 115 KB, 14 pages)
Export Guarantees Advisory Council minutes: May 2012 (PDF, 45.2 KB, 12 pages)
For previous minutes please go to the National Archives.
Terms of reference
Register of members’ interests
Directorships and shareholdings held by the members of the EGAC, advising UK Export Finance.
Members’ directorships
| Member |
Name of company or organisation |
Position held |
| Vanessa Havard-Williams |
Linklaters |
Consultant |
| |
Transition Finance Council |
Board member |
| |
Oxford University Climate Monitor project |
Advisory Board member |
| |
Green Finance Institute |
Co-Chair of Transition Finance Lab |
| |
Vyzrd |
Advisory Board member |
| Belinda Howell |
Decarbonize Limited |
Managing Director |
| |
Scottish Water |
Non-Executive Director |
| |
London Pensions Fund Authority |
Non-Executive Board member |
| |
Digital Catapult |
Non-Executive Director |
| Ben Caldecott |
University of Oxford - Oxford Sustainable Finance Group Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and the Lombard Odier |
Director / Associate Professor |
| |
ATLAS Infrastructure, Climate Advisory Board |
Board Member |
| |
Attain Learning, Advisory Board |
Board Member |
| |
Climate Impact X, International Advisory Council |
Board Member |
| |
Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Responsible Investment Advisory Council |
Board Member |
| |
Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative |
Board Member/Trustee |
| |
DBS Bank, Board Sustainability Committee |
Committee Member |
| |
Conservative Environment Network, Advisory Council |
Board Member |
| |
Global Infrastructure Partners |
Senior Advisor |
| |
Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment |
Associate Editor |
| |
Neuberger Berman, Stewardship & Sustainable Investing Advisory Council |
Board Member |
| |
Oriel College |
Supernumerary Fellow |
| |
Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford |
Senior Fellow |
| |
Payne Institute for Earth Resources, Colorado School of Mines |
Non-Resident Fellow |
| |
Policy Exchange |
Senior Fellow |
| |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) |
Council Member/Trustee |
| |
Science Based Targets Initiative, Technical Council |
Board Member |
| |
The Alan Turing Institute |
Visiting Researcher |
| |
UK Climate Change Committee, Adaptation Committee |
Committee Member |
| |
Wealth Management Institute |
Visiting Professor |
| |
Caldecott & Partners Ltd |
Director |
| |
Impact Lens Ltd |
Director |
| |
International Transition Plan Network (ITPN) Advisory Group |
Committee Chair |
| |
World Federation of Exchanges, ESG |
Advisory Group member |
| Harold Freeman |
Independent Commission for Aid Impact |
Part-time Commissioner |
| Sarah Steele |
Nothing to declare |
|
Members’ shareholdings
Council members must declare any substantial shareholding held by them or a member of their immediate family (defined as a partner or children under 18 years old).
A substantial shareholding is defined as shares in any one company worth more than £50,000, or more than 1% of the share capital of any company.
| Member |
Shareholding |
Company |
| Belinda Howell |
Shareholding |
Decarbonize Limited |
| Tracey McDermott |
Shareholding |
Standard Chartered |
| Ben Caldecott |
None |
|
| Harold Freeman |
None |
|
| Sarah Steele |
None |
|
| Vanessa Havard Williams |
None |
|
The UK Export Finance annual report includes the annual report of the work of the Export Guarantees Advisory Council.