Membership of the Audit Committee

Dónall is an experienced accountant, board director and business leader with a background in Finance, Corporate Governance, Audit and Risk Management. His Board directorships include Green Effects Investments plc, Road Safety Authority, National Treatment Purchase Fund , Irish College Leuven (as Chair), Design and Artists Copyright Society Ltd.

Dónall has considerable experience of serving on Audit & Risk Committees both in Private & Public sectors including in Cardiff University, National Treatment Purchase Fund (as Chair), Corporate Enforcement Authority (as Chair), Northern Ireland Public Service Ombudsman (as Chair) (Belfast), Royal Pharmaceutical Society (as Chair) (London), Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (London), Student Loan Company (Glasgow), Registers of Scotland (Edinburgh), Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, etc.

He is a strong advocate of ensuring that best practice and good corporate governance exist within the boardroom and ensuring relevant structures within businesses to facilitate adoption of organisational values throughout.

Kalwant Grewal is a senior finance and governance professional with over 30 years’ experience across the public, regulatory, and not-for-profit sectors. He holds multiple non-executive appointments, including Independent Member of the Audit and Risk Committees at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru (DBCC). He is also Lay Treasurer and Chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee at the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC). Kalwant brings deep expertise in regulatory assurance, audit committee leadership, and post-decision scrutiny. He is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds additional qualifications in leadership, housing, and project management. His governance work is grounded in the Nolan Principles and a strong commitment to procedural fairness, public accountability, and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Shiv Kaushike has over 20 years experience working in risk, compliance, governance, strategy and EDI. Shiv holds the FCA approved Senior Management functions of SMF16 and 17 and is a Director of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs for an FCA regulated not for profit advising on social investment, corporate finance and outcomes based fund management. Shiv runs her own business advisory providing c-suites and boards with independent advice and guidance on risk, compliance, governance, strategy and EDI. She has designed and developed numerous risk management, audit, compliance, governance and EDI frameworks for major banks and financial institutions and other organisations in both the public and private sectors. She also provides high level advice on regulatory matters and complex and contentious issue management to firms. Shiv has a degree in International Economics from Manchester Metropolitan University, a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP and a keen interest in AI and Sustainability. She has established and chaired Audit and Risk Committees as part of her roles. Shiv was also a Board Governor and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee for Northampton University for five years and has been a NED at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club for four years. 

Ruth is Managing Director of UncoverAI, a strategic consultancy focussed on ethical AI adoption.  Ruth has expertise in innovation, product development and strategy and co-founded an AI start-up in California.  Prior to that she was on the Board of BT Wholesale as Managing Director, Strategy and Portfolio where she managed innovation, strategic planning and execution of multi £billion product lines. 

Ruth has extensive Board experience spanning from media, technology and telecommunications to AI and her background covers both complex multinational organizations and early and mid-stage growth companies.  Throughout her career Ruth has championed diversity and inclusion.

Ruth is a member of the Forbes Women Forum, an invitation-only group of leading female executives which gathers to exchange dialogue and share ideas.  In September 2018, she was named to The Founders Index:  A rising generation of female entrepreneurs in the US.  She was one of the Global Telecoms Business Top 40 under 40 in 2010 and was shortlisted for ‘Woman of the Year in Technology in 2011. 

Jeremy's background is in financial services risk management, governance and controls.  He has worked as a regulator at the Bank of England, in consultancy with KPMG and EY, and in-house with LIFFE, BNP Paribas and Lloyds Banking Group.  His last executive role was with Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc leading the teams overseeing regulatory compliance, operational risk and conduct.  Jeremy is a Governor and Audit Committee member at Canterbury Christ Church University; a Director and the Finance Committee Chair at Design South East; and the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for the British Psychotherapy Foundation. 

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