I have 30 years' experience of providing Risk Advisory services to International listed groups (FTSE 100, S&P500 and FTSE250 and equivalent), Sovereign wealth and global privately held groups. I support clients in their delivery of their strategy delivering advice and assurance which supports the management of risk and realisation of opportunities as they grow and develop.
I am the UK Practice Leader for Business Risk Services and am also responsible for establishing and leading our Advisory practice in Saudi Arabia, working directly for the Public Investment Fund and several of their largest Companies.
I specialise in providing Risk, Internal audit and related controls advisory services to international listed groups, with 30 years of experience across sectors including food & beverage, retail and FMCG. Being a Chartered Accountant and Affiliate of the Institute of Internal Auditors, I have worked with numerous international groups.
My experience spans a range of sectors: consumer, technology, automotive and racing and giga/mega projects (in KSA). My client work involves supporting businesses through the co-ordination of integrated services, across both international boundaries and technical specialisms. Examples include:
- global relationship partner for 10 years for a FTSE 30 retail client, initiating and leading our relationship across several service lines and 10 countries
- global relationship partner for a FTSE 15 mining and metals client, initiating and leading our relationship across several service lines and 32 countries
- Initiating and leading our relationship with multiple Sovereign wealth funds and overseeing services to them and several of their most significant portfolio companies in the UK and KSA
- leading global risk, internal audit and advisory services to a portfolio of FTSE 100, FTSE 250, Sovereign wealth and privately owned international groups
- external quality effectiveness reviews for numerous FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 risk and internal audit functions.
I have sat on our elected partnership oversight board and was the global co-leader of Business Risk Services practice for 6 years until 2020, overseeing aspects such as global quality standards, member firm authorisation and service line innovation.
I'm married, have four children and outside of work I enjoy scuba diving, travelling and spending time with my family and friends.
