Annual General Meeting
2023
The Personal Finance Society Board is delighted to announce that the 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held at 2pm (BST) on Tuesday 19 September at etc venues Monument, 8 Eastcheap, London EC3M 1AE, and online.
The AGM panel will include the Interim Chair of the PFS Board, Andy Briscoe, who will be joined by the PFS President, Anthony Ward, and the Interim PFS CEO, Don MacIntyre.
In addition to welcoming members in person, the meeting will support virtual attendance to ensure we remain accessible wherever our members are.
Those wishing to attend in person can register their interest by emailing PFSAGM@thepfs.org. In person spaces are limited and members are encouraged to register early. Please only attend in person if you have registered and received a confirmation email by 5pm on Friday 15 September.
All members with a registered active email address will receive an email on 25 August from Lumi, our secure voting and meeting platform provider. Please ensure PFS@Lumiengage.com is on your safe emails list and remember to check your junk and spam folders.
The email will include instructions on how to *vote, submit questions, and participate in the meeting online. These instructions include login details that are unique to each member. If you do not receive this email, please contact Lumi directly at PFS@Lumiengage.com.
Online proxy voting will remain open until 2pm on Friday 15 September. Live voting will reopen at the start of the AGM for a short period. Members are also able to vote using the standard proxy form on this page, which can be returned by email or post.
The formal AGM Notice and supporting documents, including the proxy form, Financial Statements 2022, and biographies, are available as document links on this page.
*Only Full Members of the Society (as defined by Bye-Law 3) are entitled to vote at the meeting. Full Members must have paid their subscriptions as are payable.
2022
The Personal Finance Society’s 2022 Annual General Meeting took place in person at Reading Football Club Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading, RG2 0FL and virtually on Tuesday, 20th September. Watch the full recording of the 2022 Annual General Meeting.
The meeting saw the introduction of the new PFS Interim CEO, Don MacIntyre, who was in attendance.
All members with a registered active email address received an email on 24th August from Lumi Global, our secure voting and virtual meeting platform provider, with instructions on how to participate in the meeting using the virtual platform.
All ordinary resolutions of the Annual General Meeting were passed, and Vanessa Barnes was reappointed as a Member Director as approved by the Board of Directors.
Caroline Stuart, a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society who has more than 20 years' experience in the profession, was appointed as President.
The meeting included a brief moderated Q&A session. Members were able to submit comments and questions to the Board in advance. On the 3 November, the Board provided a response to questions submitted by members that it wasn't possible to answer during the AGM itself on 20 September. View the full Q&A here.
