In the profession

We are committed to investing the time of our senior people in professional leadership positions. This ensures that our clients have access to excellent technical support and awareness of emerging issues and that their interests are properly represented as public policy is developed. Specifically, we invest in people who will help drive public policy debate that affects our clients.

Many people within Grant Thornton hold professional positions outside the firm.

• Steve Maslin
  Chair of the Joint Audit Committee
  Member of the Audit Quality Forum (AQF) Steering Group
  Member of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
  Member of the Global Public Policy Committee (GPPC)
  Member of the European Group of International Accounting Networks (EGIAN)
  Chair of the Policy and Regulatory Group (PRG)(which represents the six largest UK audit firms on matters of public policy on financial reporting and auditing affairs)
  
  
• David Maxwell
  Chairman of the Forum of Firms (FOF)
  Member of the European Contact Group (ECG)
  
  
• Marcus Swales
  Member of the Basle II: Accounting and Audit Committee
  
  
• Carol Rudge
  Appointed to the Charity SORP Committee by the Charity Commission
  Member of the ICAEW Charities Technical Subcommittee
  
  
• Josephine Jackson
  ICAEW Technical and Practical Advisory Committee
  
  
• Glyn Williams
  Member of the Audit Registration Committee of the ICAEW
  
  
• Sue Nyman
  Member of the APB’s SIR (Statement of Investment Reporting) Subcommittee
  Correspondent member of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) Prospectuses Task Force
  Member of the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty Technical Committee
  
  
• Robert Carroll
  Member of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Financial Reporting Panel
  Member of the London Society of Chartered Accountants Technical Committee
  Member of the ICAEW Financial Reporting Faculty Editorial Board
  
  
• Joyce Grant
  Member of the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) Technical Partners Forum
  Member of the Investor Relations Society, Policy Committee
  
  
• Peter Rowley
  Vice-Chairman of the ICAEW Ethics Standards Committee
  
  
• Brian Shearer
  Member of the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) Urgent Issues Task Force
  Member of the ICAEW Financial Reporting Committee
  Member of the ICAEW Financial Reporting Faculty Board
  Member of ICAEW Simplification Group
  Member of EFRAG Working Group on SMEs
  
  
• Francesca Lagerberg
  Chairman of the ICAEW Tax Technical Committee
  Member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
  Member of the HMRC Administrative Burdens Advisory Board
  Member of the HMRC Powers Advisory Board
  Member of the CBI Corporate Taxes Committee
  Member of the Editorial Board of Taxation and Tax Journal
  
  
• Ian Smart
  Chair of the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty
  
  
• Paul Flatley
  Member of CBI Companies Committee Judith Newton
  Member of the ICAEW Social Housing Technical Committee
  Member of the ICAEW Non Executive Directors Special Interest Group Committee.