NRPSI's Board
The National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI Ltd) was established on 1st April 2011 as a registered company limited by guarantee focusing on public service interpreting.
Our work is governed by a Board, which sets policy, strategic direction and financial priorities for the organisation's work in public service interpreting. The NRPSI Board consists of seven Non-Executive Directors of whom four, including the chair, are lay members and three are registered interpreters. All seven Directors were selected through a competitive process by an independent appointments panel. The Directors duties are owed to the company only.
While it is important that within its membership the Board contains a range of skills and experience, including that of acting as a professional interpreter, and no Director represents or acts on behalf of any third party or interest in conducting the affairs of NRPSI. Procedures are in place that require a Director to make a declaration of actual or potential conflicts of interest on an issue and if necessary to be excluded from any decisions on that issue.
Board members at all times are responsible for promoting and maintaining the public's trust and confidence in the integrity of NRPSI, the interpreting profession and public service interpreters.
NRPSI Board Members
Victor Olowe (Chair)
A governance and regulation specialist, Victor Olowe has worked as a consultant since 2012. He currently serves in an independent capacity on various committees and panels for a range of regulatory and professional bodies, advising on professional and practice standards, accreditation and registration.
Victor is Chair of the Valuation Assurance Committee at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Chair of the CGMA Examination Board at CIMA/AICPA, and Chair of Water UK’s Independent Sewerage and Water Adoption Panels. He has also worked for The Law Society on separate occasions and with the Bar Standards Board.
Prior to a career in governance and regulation consultancy, Victor was Chief Executive of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers – the statutory regulatory body and primary education provider for lawyers specialising as licensed conveyancers in England and Wales.
