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Better Governance Forum

Welcome to the Better Governance Forum – advising you on leadership, stewardship and control. Your advisor, Diana Melville, will keep you at the forefront of governance issues and help you to improve the leadership, stewardship and control in your organisation.

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Diana is the lead advisor for the CIPFA Better Governance Forum and is CIPFA’s representative on the Internal Audit Standards Advisory Board. She is a CIPFA qualified accountant and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Prior to joining CIPFA in 2008 she was head of internal audit at Salisbury Council and held other audit roles in local government and at the National Audit Office.

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02/02/2022, Webinar
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A comprehensive directory of Introduction to... workshops for local government practitioners, our essentials modules are offered through CIPFA's various advisory networks and are therefore available at many locations and dates throughout the year.