CIPFA - Key Persons
Bill is a CIPFA member and an experienced Chair and Non-Executive Director. He is currently chair of Propertymark Ltd and sits on the board of Coventry and Warwickshire ICB, where he chairs the audit and risk committee. He has previously held Non executive roles at the Law Society, GPDF Ltd and the Gangmasters and Labour abuse Authority. He was previously chief executive of the Security Industry Authority for six years and also held senior board positions in finance and audit. He has extensive experience of regulation and strategy, policy and operational delivery. He was admitted as a Chartered Security Professional in 2014.
Bob qualified with CIPFA in 1978. He had a long career in public finance, culminating in being Treasurer to Thames Valley Police Authority, Treasurer of the Metropolitan Police Authority and finally Director of Finance for Thames Valley Probation Service. He is an ordained priest in the Church of England - now retired and an Associate Priest at Derby Cathedral.
Chris has worked in local government finance for four local authorities between 1967 and 2006, including 21 years in a senior finance management role. He has particular expertise in financial budget planning and accounting, financial systems and processes as well as public-private partnerships. He has over ten years of experience in major capital project procurement, management and delivery. From 2006 to November 2015 he was in private practice, running a finance/project management consultancy, and has worked with several national government agencies and bodies.
David has been a CIPFA member for over 35 years. He is a graduate of Bristol University who spent his working life in London local government finance. After qualifying at Merton Council, he worked for Ealing Council for nearly 30 years, his last post being as a Finance Director and deputy CFO. Since retiring from Ealing he has taken up a number of audit committee and treasurer appointments.
Emma is a qualified Solicitor. She works nationally as a senior leader in the Civil Service, focusing on transformational change and delivery. Emma has had a successful career in the public sector including the NHS. Emma has considerable experience of independent panel member roles and holds appointments on several professional conduct, and advisory committees in addition to Specialist Member on the Mental Health Tribunal.
Job Titles:
- Director of Services With Donegal County Council
Garry was appointed Director of Services with Donegal County Council in 2011 and heads up the Economic Development Directorate of the council. He is the Director of Information Systems and Emergency Services and designated Director of the Donegal Municipal District. He previously held the position of Head of Finance with Donegal County Council from January 2010 to May 2018.
Helen is a qualified solicitor who specialises in criminal regulatory law. For six years she held the role of Independent Clerk to CILEx Regulation's Professional Conduct Panel, advising the Panel on procedure and drafting decisions.
Helen worked in local government for many years, advising committees at a number of councils and prosecuting. She was Deputy Borough Solicitor at Waverley Borough Council before moving to her current in-house role.
Helen's early career was in the magistrates' courts where she was employed as Senior Legal Adviser before becoming a free-lance Legal Adviser specialising in trials and case management
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Professor of Law
Jason is a Professor of Law based in the School of Law & Politics at Cardiff University. He is qualified as a solicitor, and, prior to joining Cardiff University, undertook a broad range of litigation work. Jason is a National Teaching Fellow with extensive experience teaching both undergraduate programmes and the postgraduate courses required for legal practice. He is also a specialist in clinical legal education/pro bono activities. Away from the University, Jason sits as a fee-paid Tribunal Judge (Social Entitlement Chamber) and was previously a magistrate in the adult criminal and family courts from 2007 to 2021. He is also a member of the Law Society's Education & Training Committee and Children Law Sub-committee, and a trustee of The Friendly Trust.
Louise is a qualified Solicitor who has practised in employment law for over 20 years. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers' Association's Legislation and Policy Committee, where she chairs its Brexit Subcommittee.
Margaret is a parish priest in the Church of England serving four rural churches along the Scottish border. Her background was in recruitment and selection in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Prior to that she was a freelance leadership development consultant focusing on diversity in the workplace. Other parts of her portfolio included a non-executive directorship with the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Mental Health Trust, and a Lay Adjudicator for the Solicitors Regulatory Authority.
Matt currently serves on the ICAS Investigation Committee and, until recently, was a member of the ICAS Regulation Board. He is a Deputy Lieutenant for Ayrshire and Arran. Matt served as Scottish Secretary of UNISON until 2010 and is a former President of the STUC. He has held a range of non executive roles including the Scottish Police Authority; Scottish Water; the Scottish Standards Commission and the Scottish Human Rights Commission. He was a member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, sat as a JP for over 30 years and has served on a number of Government Commissions. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry.
Robert retired in May 2015 after 43 years in local government finance. Qualifying in 1984 Robert had a varied career specialising at different times in accountancy, internal audit, and the local government pension scheme. He was Deputy Section 151 Officer with Cardiff Council for a number of years before taking flexible retirement in 2011.
Robert was also a part-time lecturer for the final examination of the Association of Accounting Technicians (Public Sector Authority and Auditing) for some ten years.
Steven has been the Senior Bursar of Magdalene College, one of the constituent colleges in the University of Cambridge, since 2007. This is a broad role equivalent to that of a chief operating officer, but with the principal focus on finance, buildings, endowment management and governance. Prior to this role Steven was deputy finance director at the University of Cambridge for 6 years and has previously worked in local government. He is CIPFA qualified and he is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.