Ms Fiona Tierney:

I suppose we all come to these recruitment campaigns with varying perspectives, depending on where we stand. All I can seek to assure the committee is that there will be a global search with very targeted approaches to individuals who would be competent and capable of taking on the role. It will be an open, advertised recruitment process. I hope we have applicants from within the system. It would not be a merit-based, transparent process if people did not come into the system so I would not want to discourage anybody from putting his or her name forward. It is a matter of having a competitive field to come out with the best candidates at the end of the day.