Ravi leads ICAEW initiatives on sustainability disclosures and assurance, bringing nearly 20 years’ experience across public and private sectors. Formerly at the IFRS Foundation’s ISSB as Director of Strategic Affairs, he helped shape the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. His career also includes senior roles at Olam International, focusing on finance and corporate sustainability.

Anthony leads the FRC’s supervisory functions across the UK audit market, including oversight of audit firms, professional bodies, and corporate reporting by large businesses. He is a member of the FRC Executive Committee, contributing to the strategic direction and delivery of the FRC’s public interest mandate in support UK economic growth. He also acts as the executive’s most senior adviser to the FRC Board and its Committees on supervision related matters.

Jonathan works with audit firms to strengthen audit quality through structured Root Cause Analysis (RCA). He has worked closely with firms responding to inspection findings and regulatory pressure, supporting teams to connect individual file issues back to firm-wide causes - including methodology, training, supervision, and culture. Jonathan regularly speaks on audit quality, RCA, and regulatory development.

Dean joined the Centre for Public Interest Audit (CPIA) in May 2025 after more than 25 years in the Civil Service, specialising in insolvency law and practice. From 2019 to 2025, he served as Chief Executive and Inspector General of the Insolvency Service, overseeing policy, regulation, and major cases including British Steel and Thomas Cook Group.

Richard plays a key role in supporting and enhancing audit quality. He has extensive experience in audit regulation, technical guidance, and training, having progressed through several roles within the FRC’s Technical and Quality function. Prior to joining the FRC, he spent over seven years at Grant Thornton, focusing on audit quality improvement, technical training, and live audit file reviews.

Jenny leads the global finance team and is recognised for using technology to transform financial processes. With a background in audit at a Top 4 UK accounting firm, she is a Chartered Accountant with a Mathematics degree from the University of Exeter. Her career spans the technology sector and the NHS, where her work on automating complex reconciliations and reporting was peer‑reviewed and published, and she served on the National NHS Finance Innovation Board. Jenny is also a member of the ICAEW Technology Faculty Board, contributing to national discussions on the future of technology-led finance.

Konrad has dedicated his career to bridging technology and accounting, having had firsthand experience implementing transformative technologies, particularly AI-enhanced applications and data analytics that enhance audit quality at his firm. His work with the FRC Technology Working Group and ICAEW Mid-Tier Tech Forum has also provided valuable insights into the regulatory landscape.

Max has over 3.5 years’ experience partnering with accountancy firms across the UK and Channel Islands. Max works closely with firms of all sizes to help them streamline their technology, improve efficiency, and reduce time spent on manual processes. He supports practices in making practical, informed decisions about technology that align with both their day to day operations and long term goals.

Michelle leads IFAC's global approach to advancing accountancy education, focusing on developing a future-oriented accountancy profession. She is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and brings a deep understanding of the global accountancy profession, drawn from experience working across the full spectrum: from a Big 4 accounting firm, a professional accounting organisation, and a national regulator to education and advocacy at IFAC.

Just Audit operates across the UK with clients ranging from small subsidiaries, through to multi-million pound turnover medium and large businesses. The team also works on a number of specialist ‘audits’ such as CASS5, SAR and ATOL/ABTA reports. Previously, Rachel worked in a small firm, a top 50 practice, and KPMG. She is currently the ICAEW Council Representative for West Yorkshire.

With almost 30 years of experience, Becky is a Public Interest Audit partner at Grant Thornton leading some of the firm's largest and most complex engagements. In her dual roles on Grant Thornton’s Audit Leadership Team, she leads Public Interest Audit and drives our people and talent strategy across 2,500 incredible auditors.

A chartered accountant, former auditor and software developer, he specialises in integrating AI into audit and finance workflows. Jared previously led an audit data analytics function and served as Director of Innovation at a top 10 accountancy firm. He has built award-winning audit technology, which won Digital Innovation of the Year (Audit) 2025 at the International Accounting Forum Awards.

Paul is a Chartered Internal Auditor and Certified Risk professional with 30+ years’ experience across defence, manufacturing, finance, and the public sector. He co-founded Littlechild & Haley, advises on governance and assurance, and serves as a NED and ICAEW Internal Audit panel member. Paul is a passionate advocate for integrated assurance and the Three Lines Model.

David is an Irish entrepreneur and chartered accountant who began his career in audit at Grant Thornton. Shaped by those early experiences, he quickly recognised that manual audit processes represented more than an administrative burden: they were a systemic weakness at the core of audit quality and trust. This conviction led Heath to found Circit in 2017, with a mission to automate and digitise audit processes to reduce risk, streamline engagements, and improve client relationships.

Anna joined the firm in 2014, having spent seven years in industry as a Group Financial Accountant for a listed property company. She leads on the firm’s audit and financial reporting technical activity. Anna works with client teams, advising on audit and accounting matters as well as supporting technical training, technical publications and other communications internally and externally.

With a background in audit, David specialises in audit ethics and public policy matters and is a member of the UK firm's Business Interest Oversight Board. He is also Head of Technical Standards Group's Audit Advisory team, which is responsible for large parts of the firm's audit methodology, audit and related tools, quality control and training. David is Chair of ICAEW's Audit and Assurance Faculty.

David leads the FRC’s supervision activities relating to technology and digital matters. This includes engagement with UK audit firms on the use of technology in audits, related thematic reviews and overseeing IT audit inspection activity. He has held IT audit and technology-focussed roles at the FRC for 9 years, and prior to this spent 11 years in practice where he led IT specialist teams in audits.

Jayne has extensive experience working with regulators and standard setters on emerging policy and regulatory matters that could impact companies, the profession, and audit and assurance services. She also helps companies understand, interpret, and respond to emerging requirements. Previously, she worked in accounting and audit technical roles and was a practising auditor in both the UK and US.

A former Dean of the London Business School, he has been Head of the Government Accountancy Service, Chairman of the National Audit Office and Director of the Bank of England. Following his research on judgement in organisations, he authored the ICEAW CPD course on professional judgment and his book “Judgement at work” was published in 2025.

Mark specialises in the rural business, agriculture, horticulture, food manufacture, education and healthcare industries as well as supporting organisations from a wide range of sectors to develop and deliver impactful sustainability and ESG strategies.

Esther influences Technology policy to enable businesses, accountants and wider society to harness its benefits while limiting harm. Prior to joining ICAEW, she worked in technology consulting, internal and external audit roles, focussing on information and cyber security and operational resilience. She trained as a software engineer and is also an ICAEW Chartered Accountant.

Luke advises SMEs and owner-managed businesses on audit, tax and strategy. He has a particular interest in the intersection of audit, data analytics and artificial intelligence, and is actively exploring how AI-enabled tools and agents can enhance audit quality and efficiency in practice.

Timothy is a Chartered Accountant originally working in financial audit, specialising in public interest entities. His experience covers assurance over a breadth of sustainability KPIs across a wide range of organisations, supporting them at each stage of their sustainability reporting journey.

Nick joined the Institute in 2007 as a quality assurance reviewer following experience as a senior audit manager at a Big Four firm. He has overall responsibility for ICAEW’s audit-related monitoring activities, principally statutory audit monitoring – both in the corporate and public sector – as well as oversight of ICAEW’s third-party audit monitoring work.

Helen trained at a medium-sized London firm. She performed work in a variety of industries, with a focus on financial services. She joined ICAEW in 2021 as a quality monitoring reviewer. She conducts a wide range of visit types and works with all sizes of firms from the Big Four to sole practitioners and everything in-between. Helen also performs audit review work at firms in the Channel Islands and the Middle East.

Poppy is a Chartered Accountant with a background in financial audit. She has experience delivering assurance over environmental and social KPIs across a wide range of sectors, working with organisations at every stage of their sustainability reporting journey.

Kevin leads the team in audit inspection activity and the public reporting of those results. He has been with the FRC for over 13 years and has extensive experience in audit and audit regulation. Kevin has progressed through several roles within AQR, from commencing as an inspector covering all in scope firms, including public sector, to now leading the team as the FRC’s Supervision division continue to develop their revised supervisory model to audit.

Rhodri’s career includes a boutique consultancy, acting as a NED and audit and risk committee chair of a UK listed company and serving on the ICAEW Audit and Assurance Faculty Board. Through his consultancy he supports audit firms on governance and technical matters, drawing on 25 years as a partner at a top 10 firm and as a former senior inspector at the FRC, giving him the perspective of an audit partner, regulator and buyer of audit services.

Apex is a UK-based audit consultancy providing compliance and training services to UK auditors including over half of the current Top 50 firms. A chartered accountant who qualified with KPMG before joining the training sector in 2000, Jez is a well-known speaker on the UK accounting circuit and regularly presents for ICAEW and for other established training providers in the UK.