Lizzie is a qualified chartered public finance accountant with more than 20 years’ experience as an external auditor working across the UK public sector at national and local levels. She worked as a senior manager for the Audit Commission and most recently for Ernst & Young LLP, a global accountancy/consulting firm. Her expertise includes supporting and influencing boards across a wide range of public sector organisations to strengthen their strategic, governance, financial and value for money arrangements.
She currently has a varied portfolio of independent adviser/member roles with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the Ministry of Justice, the Local Government Boundary Commission and a national procurement company. She is also the treasurer and trustee of a national children’s charity and a university lecturer in governance and audit.