Roshana is a Sustainable Finance Director with over 25 years of experience mobilising capital for impact, working across the public, private sectors and not-for-profit sectors. Throughout her tri-sector career, Roshana has advanced sustainable finance bringing together social policy and capital markets. Roshana currently is an Executive Director at UK Government Investments, sits on the Audit and Risk Committee of the Climate Change Committee and tutors Sustainable Finance at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership.

James is Chief Executive of the Quoted Companies Alliance, the members’ organisation that champions small and mid-sized companies whose shares are publicly traded. James was City Editor and Executive Editor of the Evening Standard and Independent titles and before that City Editor of the Sunday Times. He is the author of several business books and chairs Oscar’s Book Prize, the annual search for the UK’s best picture book. His latest book “The Everything Blueprint” tells the story of the microchip designer Arm and its place in the global semiconductor ecosystem.

Malcolm qualified as an ICAEW Chartered Accountant in 1981. He joined the ICAEW Council in 2005 and was elected President in 2024. He has worked in industry for the majority of his professional life, mainly as CFO of AIM-listed companies, across a wide range of sectors including property, childcare, mining, manufacturing, telecommunications, and construction. Amongst many other committee roles across ICAEW and its London District Society, he served as a member of the ICAEW Ethics Standards Committee from 2015 and was its Chair from 2018 to 2022. He is currently a member of HMRC's Administrative Burdens Advisory Board and of the Court of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Scarlett leads the think tank at Board Intelligence, a technology and advisory firm that supercharges boards with the science of board effectiveness. Scarlett specialises in research and insights into best practice corporate governance and leadership, including recently leading a major project into the role of the CFO in creating a fairer future, in partnership with ICAEW. Before joining Board Intelligence, Scarlett worked with organisations such as Tomorrow's Company, the Grant Thornton Governance Institute and the University of Oxford, to develop insights and thought leadership into best practice in responsible business and corporate governance. Her book, “Gender and Corporate Boards: the route to a seat at the table” explores the barriers to boardroom diversity.

Rafal worked as a Senior Policy Associate at the Financial Reporting Council's Corporate Governance and Stewardship team for the last four years, leading their corporate culture workstream. He co-authored the FRC's 2021 Creating Positive Culture – Opportunities and Challenges report and produced several podcasts on this theme. Most recently, Rafal co-authored edits to the 2024 Corporate Governance Code related to culture and Section 1 — Board Leadership and Company Purpose of the accompanying Guidance. He now works as an independent corporate governance and culture consultant, and is also the founder and coach at Candeo Coaching.

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.

Simon is the Chair of the ICAEW Corporate Governance Committee – a committee that actively supports ICAEW’s Corporate Governance Department and the ICAEW Technical Strategy Board, as well as the wider membership on Corporate Governance matters. Simon is an audit partner and has over 27 years of experience providing audit and assurance services to financial services and infrastructure clients. He has led a number of listed company audits (including FTSE 100), and is accredited under both International and PCAOB auditing standards.

Alex has a PhD from MIT as a Fulbright Scholar, and was previously a tenured professor at Wharton and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Alex has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, testified in the UK Parliament, and given the TED talk ‘What to Trust in a Post-Truth World’ and the TEDx talks ‘The Pie-Growing Mindset’ and ‘The Social Responsibility of Business’ with a combined 3 million views. He serves as non-executive director of the Investor Forum and on Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing Advisory Board, Novo Nordisk’s Sustainability Advisory Council, and Royal London Asset Management’s Responsible Investment Advisory Committee. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Caroline leads Railpen’s investment stewardship work globally across £37bn of assets under management. She was previously in charge of the investment, stewardship and collective engagement programme at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA). She is Co-founder and Chair of the $4.5tn Investor Coalition for Equal Votes (ICEV) and the $2.5tn Workforce Directors Coalition (WDC), Vice-Chair of the Global International Governance Network (GIGN) as well as a fully accredited professional pension trustee at the Standard Life Master Trust – where she is also Chair of its Investment and Sustainability Committee.

Tanya is a Partner in the Board Practice. She assists companies of all types and across all sectors with their chair and non-executive director recruitment needs, frequently partnering with sector specialists in the Norman Broadbent team. Prior to joining Norman Broadbent, Tanya was the NED Recruitment Lead at Women on Boards UK where she worked with SMEs, large privates, AIM and FTSE 350 companies, public sector bodies and not-for-profits to source diverse NED candidates from the network’s membership.

Annabel advises clients on ethics and organisational culture in an AI-driven future workplace and its role in building trust in a digital economy. She co-founded LSE FORGOOD, advising corporate clients on ethical applications of behavioural science, and 'Conversations on AI', a cross-sector tech ethics network, and is a member of the City of London Corporation's 'Women Pivoting to Digital' taskforce. Previously she spent over 20 years building institutional businesses in asset management and she serves on the Trustee Board of Clore Social Leadership, and the advisory committees of the Institute of Business Ethics and Blueprint for Better Business.

Aleen is Chair of Macfarlane Group PLC and also chairs a private reinsurance company and a not-for-profit entity. Prior to pursuing a portfolio career, Aleen was a Corporate Partner at Eversheds Sutherland for 30 years. While a partner she specialised in M&A and corporate finance, advising both quoted and large private companies. Aleen also advised on governance issues, becoming a trusted adviser to boards of companies she acted for. Following retirement as a partner she became a consultant at Eversheds Sutherland helping with governance matters.

Abigail has experience leading and setting up global Risk Management and Internal Audit functions across private, public and VC backed organisations, specialising in the Retail and Hospitality sectors. Her experience encompasses global financial, operational, strategic, compliance, and IT audits. Abigail is CIA qualified and is an ACA chartered accountant; and represents the Retail and Hospitality sectors on the ICAEW Internal Audit panel.

Andrew leads EY’s public policy team for Europe Middle East India & Africa. Its role is to work with key stakeholders on constructive policy development so strengthening the working relationship between the public and private sector. He is chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of Business at the OECD, the Research Advisory Board of the ICAEW and the Corporate Governance Working Group of the European Contact Group whose members comprise the 6 largest accounting networks in the EU. He is vice-chair of the Corporate Governance Policy Group of Accountancy Europe and a member of the Policy Committee of the investor-led organisation International Corporate Governance Network.

Andy is chair of the Audit Committee Chairs’ Independent Forum (ACCIF) and is also a Non-Executive Director at The Berkeley Group Holdings plc . Andy is also a Non-Executive Director at Irwin Mitchell Holdings Limited where he chairs the Audit and Risk Committee and a Governor of Birkbeck University of London where he chairs the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Andy retired from PwC in June 2021 having spent nearly 39 years serving PwC’s FTSE100 clients, both in the UK and globally.

Maria is a Director within EY’ s Governance and Public Policy team. With many years’ experience working with premium listed clients, Maria has hands-on pragmatic experience of supporting clients with the implementation of new corporate governance requirements and advising on best practice reporting. She has been involved in the corporate governance workstreams of both the Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism, and WEF IBC white paper. Maria regularly presents to Non-Executive Directors and Management on matters of corporate governance and authors EY UK’s publications on front half narrative reporting.

Gail is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of the City of London Corporation and the Chair of the Audit Committee at Morley College London. She has spent her professional career in financial services, mainly in roles which required governance, risk management, strategy and change leadership expertise. For the past decade, Gail worked with top investment and operational executives and boards in UK-based asset managers to provide a comprehensive coverage of EMEA and global regulatory developments, and ensure delivery of key changes.

Jock, a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience across a range of sectors, spent 30 years with EY (20 years as a partner) holding a number of leadership positions both in the UK and globally. Since leaving EY in 2009, he has developed an active board career and is currently Audit Committee Chair (and SID) at Barratt Redrow plc. He is also Chair of Clarion Housing Group and Johnson Service Group. Previously he was the Chair of Hill and Smith Holdings and Enquest. He was a founder and stepped down as Chair of the Audit Committee Chairs’ Independent Forum in September 2023.

Richard has over 25 years of board level experience across a range of regulated sectors. Prior to joining the FRC, he was CEO of the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority and before that the CEO of the Legal Services Board, which oversees the regulation of the legal professions. Earlier in his career he held senior roles in the regulation of social housing, communications and energy.

Tim serves as a GRC Solutions Sales Director at Diligent. He is a chartered internal audit professional, with a 20-year career in internal audit and risk. After a significant internal audit transformation project leading the migration of 10 separate internal audit teams to a single unified technology platform, Tim specialises in the use of tools and technology to optimise risk, control, and internal audit processes.

Sallie is an experienced executive director and communications professional with deep expertise in company-investor relations, corporate disclosure and stakeholder engagement. Most recently, Sallie was a strategic advisor to the Investor Forum, where she worked closely with both investors and companies to build more meaningful engagement and focus on sustainable value creation. Now, she leads their newly launched initiative - The Investor & Issuer Forum (I&IF), which aims to bring investors and issuers together to address key challenges and help enhance the effectiveness of the UK equity markets.

Nisha is a Partner and Head of Ashurst Risk Advisory Middle East. With two decades of consultancy and in-house commercial experience, Nisha is a pre-eminent consultant and business leader renowned for her product and business knowledge. Her experience includes providing board level executives with deep technical governance, regulatory and risk management insights, and leading complex business change programmes. In October 2022, Nisha joined Ashurst Risk Advisory UK as a founding partner, where Nisha led the development of new client relationships and the expansion of existing firm relationships by delivering quality solutions in corporate governance, risk management and regulatory compliance. 

Mala runs EY UK’s Regulatory and Public Policy team. Her team identifies, tracks and influences regulatory and policy developments in the fields of corporate reporting, audit, governance, sustainability and climate change among others. It informs EY UK’s overarching strategic position on key policy matters in these areas and provides EY UK teams and their clients insights on these matters. In her role, Mala engages with FTSE 350 boards, audit committees, company secretaries and reporting teams; policy officials in government; and the Financial Reporting Council. By background, Mala is a Fellow of the ICAEW and has audited a number of multi-national companies in the industrial and chemical sector. 

Led by investors responsible for assets worth around $US 77 trillion, ICGN advances the highest standards of corporate governance and investor stewardship worldwide in pursuit of long-term value creation. Jen joined ICGN from Goldman Sachs Asset Management where she was EMEA Head of Stewardship, overseeing voting, engagement, and industry collaboration activities in the region. Previously she led policy outreach for the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC), on ESG, audit and reporting matters including the creation of the 2020 UK Stewardship Code and the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code.

Mark is a GRC practitioner with over 30 years experience both in professional services and leading internal audit functions at Vodafone and Direct Line. He is focused on coaching internal auditors and improving complex systems with a desire to address health and social inequality. In addition to personal coaching, Mark is currently Chief architect at Brave and Partner at Rodford & Partners.

Peter is the Director of Corporate Governance and Stewardship at ICAEW. Prior to this, he was the Chief Compliance Officer for multinational enterprises headquartered in the Netherlands, France and Japan. Peter spent over six years at Transparency International UK (TI-UK), where he set up the Business Integrity Programme.

Simon is a Partner in KPMG in the UK and has been operating at the FTSE Board level for over 15 years. Leading KPMG’s ESG Advisory practice globally, Simon’s focus is enabling companies to achieve their ambitions and potential in the climate and broader ESG arena. Simon was formerly an audit partner so helps clients understand the financial implications of their ESG decisions, and ensures that the data supporting decisions is robust. Outside of KPMG, Simon was KPMG's global representative on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, which includes the requirements for climate transition plans, and also sat on the ISSB’s technical reference group.

Laura is a non-executive director at MacFarlane Group plc where she chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees. She is on the board of Trifast plc where she chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit, Responsible Business and Nominations Committees. For both of these businesses she is the Designated non-executive director for employee engagement. She is a also a Trustee at the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich.

Iain is responsible for ensuring that ICAEW leverages its world-class technical and policy expertise. He trained as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte and Touche, before being elected as the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool in 2004. Iain went on to serve as a Minister in both the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Later, he became Chair of Parliament’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee, where he led high profile inquiries into the sale of BHS and working practices at Sports Direct.