The typical remuneration committee member is paid about 16 times the UK average, research by the Trades Union Congress has found, and more than a third of committee members are themselves executives of other companies.
In 1999, says Korn/Ferry, the typical audit committee of a big American company met four times a year; now it meets five times, and has a growing number of telephone meetings too.
Importantly, industry sectors that are particularly sensitive to climate risks - such as energy, utilities and materials - will require detailed attention, attention that is likely to be outside the scope of typical investment committee's expertise.
"The special blend of advocacy and fundraising is typical of our Committee," said the Italian National Committee President, Giovanni Micali.
In contrast to typical Institute of Medicine (IOM) committees charged with reviewing scientific evidence and making recommendations for public health or clinical medicine (National Academy of Sciences 2006), our committee had more limited resources and lacked an agreed upon, standardized approach to review of the evidence and presentation of its analysis and summary, as is used by IOM committees.
As is typical for such committees, its membership is conspicuously diverse, encompassing elected officials of both parties, civil rights leaders, Hispanic and black officials, labor leaders and others.
The reaction of Richard Shelby, the ranking Republican on the Senate finance committee, was typical.
In typical Washington fashion, the committee turned into a circus, even before the first meeting.
The view of Dr Richard Vautrey, a GP from Leeds and member of the British Medical Association's GP committee, is typical.
