Richard has over 25 years of board level experience across regulated sectors, including as CEO of the UK's Civil Aviation Authority and Legal Services Board. He has held senior roles in social housing, communications and energy regulation, and currently serves as the senior independent director for a housing association.

Josephine is a Director at the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and leads its Sustainability Group. In her role, she also works on audit quality initiatives, including the development of audit and assurance standards for the FRC. Josephine has been a Board member on the IAASB since 2019. Prior to joining the FRC, she was in the audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers after joining the firm in 1993.

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.

Michelle leads IFAC’s project to incorporate sustainability into the International Education Standards. A chartered accountant, she works to promote the development, adoption, and implementation of high-quality international standards. She has extensive experience in financial management, external reporting, assurance, and sustainability from her previous roles at the FRC Lab, ICAEW and Deloitte.

A former external and internal audit Partner with PwC, Carolyn combines more than 25 years of experience as an auditor and advisor to a wide range of organisations, with in-house experience as a FTSE 30 Head of Audit, Risk and Control and as a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Carolyn founded BRAVE, a consultancy focused on: Changing Governance. From Within. For Good.

Adrian was formally appointed to the position as the Auditor General for Wales by HM The Queen in July 2018. As head of Audit Wales, he oversees the annual audit of over £20 billion of taxpayers’ money and reports on value for money matters across the Welsh public sector. Prior to his current appointment, he held various senior roles within the Senedd and, before then, in the House of Commons.

Rosie founded Blue Crane Consulting in 2021 to help businesses and the public sector integrate sustainability into accounting, decision-making and strategy. She has 20+ years of experience as a Chartered Accountant and an environmental economics master's degree. She is lead author of the Capitals Coalition's Biodiversity Guidance, authored ICAEW's Sustainability Certificate and sits on the Technical Reference Group of the ISSB.

Steve, a chartered accountant, has extensive experience in audit, internal audit, and regulatory implementation. Working across major industries, he has a thorough technical understanding of products and control practices for non-financial risk management, and significant experience of assurance over sustainability information and the design and operating effectiveness of processes and controls to report on non-financial information.

Mardi led the Climate Disclosure Standards Board for over a decade, during which the CDSB published the first global capital market framework for reporting investor focused information on climate, environmental and social matters to capital markets. CDSB’s work underpins the TCFD and TNFD frameworks and was foundational in establishing the International Sustainability Standards Board, where Mardi played a leadership role.

Hugo is a leader in Digital, Data & Emerging technologies, and has a track record in creating and growing new products, as well as leading Digital and Innovation professional services businesses. He has over 20 years’ experience working across agencies, brands, and consultancies, and is deeply involved with the start-up and VC worlds, with a passion for education and sustainability.

Lisa is a business consultant, c-suite, and board advisor with three decades of experience driving successful change. Lisa leads global cross-functional talent communities and she passionately embeds value-based business-for-purpose strategies that focus on protecting revenue, growing relationships, building resilience, and innovating for future regeneration.

George leads on ESG Reporting and Assurance. His background is in financial statement audit and non-financial information assurance. He provides ISAE 3000 assurance opinions over a range of different ESG metrics and advises companies on preparing for and complying with existing and incoming ESG reporting requirements. He also sits on the UK Endorsement Board’s Sustainability working group.

Paul is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Geological Society of London, and an ICAEW member. At Mazars, he leads the global IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards Committee and is a core member of the global sustainability assurance methodology team. He is involved in Audit Policy and Regulation, representing the firm on external bodies in the UK and internationally.