There are four “proper officers”:

The Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Sir Nicholas Bacon, who is a Norfolk landowner with commercial interests predominantly in London, and a committee member of the National Trust.

The Receiver General, James Leigh-Pemberton, who is a Managing Director with the merchant bank Credit Suisse.

The Attorney-General to His Royal Highness, Jonathan Crow QC, formerly First Treasury Counsel (Chancery), who is a practising barrister, specialising in company and commercial litigation and public law.

The Secretary and Keeper of the Records, Bertie Ross, the chief executive.

The financial strategy for the Duchy is driven by the Finance and Audit Committee. Financial expertise comes from: James Leigh-Pemberton, Receiver General, who is a managing director with the merchant bank Credit Suisse; Robin Broadhurst, currently a non-executive director of Grosvenor Estates and a consultant to Sir Robert McAlpine, and previously European Chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate services and money management firm; Nick Hood who is chairman of @Bristol and was previously chairman of Wessex Water; Sir Michael Peat, a chartered accountant, who is the Prince of Wales’ Principal Private Secretary and who worked in the City with KPMG before joining The Queen’s Household as Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen; Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Warden of the Stannaries; and Lord Rothschild Chairman of J Rothschild & Co Ltd, Five Arrows Ltd, and RIT Capital Partners. Nick Hood, James Leigh-Pemberton, and Nicholas Bacon also sit on the Remuneration Committee.

Advice on agricultural and rural matters comes through the Rural Committee. Current members are:
Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Warden of the Stannaries; The Countess of Arran DL, who runs a traditional rural estate in Devon and has a wide interest in the South West; Jonathan Coode who has practised for 35 years as a solicitor in the country, latterly as senior partner of a firm with seven offices in Cornwall and Devon. Jonathan is a past President of the Cornwall Law Society and is currently Chairman of the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association and President of the Cornwall Federation of Young Farmers Clubs. Jonathan owns and manages an Estate with farms in Cornwall and Devon; Mark Thomas, the tenant of a beef and sheep farm near Launceston, Cornwall, belonging to the Carlyon estate, who is Chairman of the South West branch of the National Beef Association, a board director of Meat South West, and the breed promotion adviser to the South Devon Herd Book Society; and David Fursdon, not a member of Council, who has run his own small family estate in Devon since 1979, is a qualified rural surveyor and agricultural valuer, a former President of the CLA and now a Crown Estate Commissioner. David writes on rural issues and undertakes consultancy and non-executive director work.

The Commercial Property and Development Committee considers the core portfolio of commercial properties which the Duchy owns together with smaller scale property developments undertaken on Duchy land. In addition to sitting on the Finance Committee Robin Broadhurst serves on this committee, along with: Sir Christopher Howes, non-executive Chairman of Barclays Bank’s Property Finance team and a member of the Private Bank’s Advisory Board, a Director of the Howard de Walden Estate and the Colville Estate Ltd. Sir Christopher was the Chief Executive of the Crown Estate from 1989 to 2000, and has served as a member of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster; and Charles Morris, not a member of Council, but who provides advice and guidance on design matters. Charles is a well renowned designer of buildings and small scale developments.

Also on The Prince’s Council is The Duke of Westminster, Chairman of Grosvenor, a privately owned international property group.

Bertie Ross, the Secretary and Keeper of the Records, sits on all Council Committees. Various other members of the Duchy Executive are also members of these committees, and attend Council meetings.