Key Management Personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of FSANZ, directly or indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise). FSANZ has determined the key management personnel to be the Chief Executive Officer, Branch General Managers and Board Members. During the reporting period ended 30 June 2020, FSANZ had 16 Executives and Board Members who met the definition of the Key Management Personnel. Their names and the length of term as key management personnel are summarised at table 5.

Remuneration policies and practices

The Chief Executive Officer and Board Members are engaged under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.The Remuneration Tribunal determines the levels of remuneration for the Chief Executive Officer and Board Members. The General Managers are engaged by individual contracts under the Public Service Act 1999 (Australia). The Chief Executive Officer sets the level of remuneration guided by equivalent remuneration levels in the Australian Public Service for the identified work level standards.

Remuneration governance arrangements

The People, Culture and Remuneration Committee assist the Board in fulfilling its governance responsibilities in relation to the people, culture and remuneration functions of the agency. The Committee is responsible for providing the Board with independent advice and guidance on the exercise of the Board’s powers under Division 2 of part 4 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.

Table 7: In accordance with the PGPA Rule, this information is further disaggregated as follows: