Current council

The 2017/18 officers

President

Sarah Howard FCPFA
Partner, Grant Thornton UK LLP
Member of: 
CIPFA Board
Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee
Ex-officio on all other boards

Vice President

Carolyn Williamson FCPFA
Director of Corporate Resources
Hampshire County Council
Member of:
CIPFA Board
Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee

Junior Vice President

Professor Andrew Hardy FCPFA
Chief Executive Officer 
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Member of:
CIPFA Board
Nominations Committee

Past President

Andrew Burns FCPFA
Director of Finance and Resources 
Staffordshire County Council
Member of: 
CIPFA Board
Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee
Ex-officio on all other boards

Institute Council members

Jonathan Adams CPFA
CIPFA NI Branch
Member of:
Counter Fraud Faculty Board
Students and Members Board

David Aldous CPFA
Director - Local Audit Code and Guidance
National Audit Office
Member of:
Audit Committee
Students and Members Board

Lorna Baxter FCPFA
Chief Finance Officer
Oxfordshire County Council
Member of:
Local Government Faculty Board, Vice Chair

John Bloomer CPFA
Chief Finance Officer and Section 151 Officer
Staffordshire Police
Member of:
Students and Members Board

Michael Brodie CPFA
Finance and Commercial Director
Public Health England
Member of:
Health and Integration Faculty Board, Vice Chair

Lisa Commane CPFA
Senior Director, Business Improvement
Ofwat
Member of:
Students and Members Board

Carol Culley CPFA
City Treasurer
Manchester City Council
Member of:
Local Government Faculty Board, Chair

Mike Driver CPFA
Chief Finance Officer
Ministry of Justice
Member of:
Governments Faculty Board, Vice Chair

Christina Earls FCPFA
Head of Financial Management
The Institute for Apprenticeships
Member of:
Standards and Financial Reporting Faculty Board

Ken Finch FCPFA
Member of:
Audit Committee, Chair

Rosanne Fleming CPFA
Specialist Consultant
Greenbiro Services
Member of:
Audit Committee

Claire Gravil CPFA
Head of Finance (Specialised)
NHS England (Yorkshire and Humber)
Member of:
Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee, Vice Chair

Shaer Halewood CPFA
Director of Finance and Investment
Wirral Council
Member of:
Audit Committee

Richard Harbord CPFA
Managing Consultant 
MRF UK Ltd 
Member of:
Health and Integration Faculty Board

Milt Isaacs CPFA
CEO
Air Canada Pilots Association
Member of:
Governments Faculty Board

Professor Dr Toshihiko Ishihara CPFA
CIPFA Japan President
Kwansei Gakuin University
Member of:
Counter Fraud Faculty Board

Dr Peter Kane CPFA
Chamberlain
City of London Corporation
Member of:
CIPFA Board
Nominations Committee

Karen Kelly FCPFA
Managing Director
Gleniffer Solutions Ltd
Member of:
Students and Members Board, Vice Chair

Lynda McMullan CPFA
Director of Commercial and Finance
Metropolitan Police Service
Member of:
Students and Members Board

Muhammad Maqbool
Dean
Lahore School of Accountancy
Member of:
Students and Members Board 

Leslie Milne FCPFA
Principal Administrator
European Commission
Member of:
Audit Committee, Vice Chair

Jayne Owen CPFA 
Director of Finance (Police and Crime)
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Member of:  
Students and Members Board, Chair

Suresh Patel CPFA
Executive Director
EY
Member of: 
Counter Fraud Faculty Board, Vice Chair

Sean Pearce FCPFA
Director of Finance
West Midlands Combined Authority
Member of:
Standards and Financial Reporting Faculty Board, Chair

Caroline Rassell CPFA
Accountable Officer MECCG, Interim SRO Success Regime (Locality, Health and Care)
NHS Mid Essex CCG
Member of:
Health and Integration Faculty Board

Chris Roberts CPFA
Project Accountant (NDR Pool) Finance Services, City of London Corporation 
Member of:
Students & Members Board

Mohammed Sajid CPFA
Chief Accountant
London Borough of Islington
Member of:
CIPFA Board
Charities and Public Benefit Entities Faculty Board, Chair
 

Renaud Seligmann CIPFA Hon
Practice Manager, Governance
Middle East and North Africa
The World Bank
Member of: 
Counter Fraud Faculty Board
Governments Faculty Board 

Peter Welch CPFA
Director
European Court of Auditors
Member of:
Standards and Financial Reporting Faculty Board

Mark White CPFA
Director of Finance
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Member of:
Audit Committee

Jon Williams CPFA
Partner/Director
PWC, Cape Town
Member of:
Students and Members Board