The Audit Committee

The Audit Committee is a sub-committee of our Steering Board. The role of the Audit Committee is to consider our Corporate Governance, the activities of Internal Audit, External Audit, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) requirements of agencies and our accounts.

They meet four times a year. Its current membership consists of:

Members

  • Chair
    Mary Champion, Independent Board Member
  • David Roberts, Independent Board Member
  • Gary Austin, Independent Board Member

Obligatory attendees

  • John Alty, Intellectual Property Office Accounting Officer, Comptroller-General and Chief Executive

By invitation

  • Intellectual Property Office Executive Directors
  • Jon Whitfield (Director of Internal Audit, BIS)
  • Other BIS internal auditors
  • Sid Sidhu (National Audit Office)
  • Intellectual Property Office external auditors

Minutes of previous meetings are available. Please e-mail secretariat@ipo.gov.uk to request copies.