Oversight committee chair. Risk Leader. Consultant. Educator. Published author. Chair of the Audit & Governance Committee at Transport for the North (TfN), a statutory body funded by the Department for Transport.Author of a full length management handbook, published by Kogan Page (2020). Journal articles published by Emerald and the University of Manchester.Previous committee membership at BSI and Fellowship of the Institute for Strategy, Resilience & Security (ISRS) at University College London (UCL).Risk and assurance professional with 35 years' international experience in management, training and consultancy roles across manufacturing, telecoms and energy sectors, and most recently in transport and financial services. This experience includes leadership roles with a FTSE top 25 company, a track record of successful project delivery and work assignments in the US and Middle East.Experienced trainer, having designed and delivered institute-approved learning programmes and degree-level Ofqual-regulated courses. Broad operational experience including project and programme management, preparedness, performance improvement, safety, security and crisis management.