Appointment of a Chair for the Audit Committee

Animal Health is seeking applications for a new Chair of the Audit Committee. The successful candidate will have

Expertise in the area of audit and risk
An understanding of public sector audit and accountability requirements
Experience of working as a committee or non executive board member

The role of the Audit Committee is to :

Review the comprehensiveness of assurances in meeting the Board and Accounting Officer’s assurance needs;
Review the reliability and integrity of those assurances;
Advise the Board and Accounting Officer about how well assurances consequently support them in decision taking and in discharging their accountability obligations.

The chair has particular responsibility for providing effective leadership to the group and representing the views of the Committee to the Accounting Officer and other executive directors.