Membership of the BSB Remuneration Committee

Steven Haines joined the Bar Standards Board as a Lay Member on 1 January 2017. He is currently  Chair of the Board at Effingham Golf Club and a Director of Parkwood Partners Ltd.

He recently completed an appointment assignment  for the Speaker of the House of Commons to refresh the Independent Experts Panel (IEP).

He was previously a CEO of two new enterprise start-ups (Broadway and Light Speed) in the Telecoms Industry and, prior to that, worked in BT Group.  Previous roles there included Managing Director in the new independent Openreach Executive, Managing Director for BT Group (Mobile), where he was responsible for transformation into a mobile business, and Chief Operating Officer/Managing Director BT Wholesale.

Steve is a highly accomplished senior executive and NED with over 30 years’ experience operating at board level in complex and challenging competitive markets and regulated organisations. A strategic thinker who demonstrates passion, collaboration, and drive to deliver outstanding business growth. His inclusive and empathetic leadership style creates a culture of achievement through unity, trust, transparency, and personal integrity.

David is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, with more than 30 years’ experience in the life insurance and pensions sector.  He has held various senior roles in large multinational insurers specialising in risk, governance and capital management.  He previously advised companies on corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and has been a pension scheme trustee.

He is currently a Director of Middlesex County Cricket Club and a consultant to the world governing bodies of cricket and netball.  His charitable work includes campaigning for the improved understanding and treatment of neurodiversity in the workplace.

Irena Sabic KC was called to the Bar in October 2002 and took silk in 2023. She is a member of Garden Court Chambers and an established public law practitioner with a particular expertise in immigration and asylum, community care, housing and planning law. In recent years Irena has focussed on the representation of vulnerable children and adults subject to immigration control. Irena is regularly invited to deliver lectures and seminars to solicitors, public bodies and NGOs. She also sits as Deputy Master of the King’s Bench Division.