How we’re governed

Anne Kiem, OBE 

Anne Kiem joined us in January 2023 after serving as Chief Executive of the Chartered Association of Business Schools for eight years. During her time at the Chartered Association of Business Schools, Anne significantly increased its activities and income streams, leading to a tripling in size of the staff during her tenure.

Her achievements and services to small businesses and entrepreneurs were recognised when she was awarded an OBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours. As CEO, Anne is responsible for the day-to-day running of Chartered IIA and its staff. She also sits on the Council of Directors.

Paddy Padmanathan

Paddy takes a pivotal role as our Finance and IT Director and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge. Paddy has over 30 years of experience managing finance, IT, facilities and operations as a Chartered Accountant and a previous role as Director of Finance and Operations at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Nigel Shattock

Nigel joined in January 2024 following a wide career in communications, public affairs, marketing and development across a number of sectors. Previous roles included Director of Communications for the British Bankers’ Association, Director of Communications & Engagement for World Cancer Research Fund, Head of Communications for the Citizens Advice service and Head of International Maritime Events for Informa. Nigel has operational responsibility for the Marketing, Events and Policy & Public Affairs teams.

Derek Jamieson

Derek is a Fellow of The Chartered IIA and has worked with us since 2019, initially as Director, Regions and, since 2023, as Head of Member Services. 

In his current role he has responsibility for the membership proposition, the administration of individual and Group memberships, for running our forums and special interest groups and for leading our regional volunteer committees. 

Derek has had a varied career having achieved qualifications in banking and process engineering before moving to internal audit where he worked internationally and ultimately held a variety of senior roles. 

Ann Brook

BSc. (Hons.) CFCIIA, CIA, QIAL, PGCert (Res), FHEA, CBTS

Ann has been working in the internal audit and related professions for over 25 years and became a Head of Internal Audit in a large Building Society in 2009. Since then, she worked in Risk Management and various governance roles, and held multiple appointments as Board, Council and Audit Committee member across a range of sectors and industries.

Ann moved into Higher Education in 2013 with the aim to giving more back to the internal audit profession. She was course leader for the only Internal Audit focused degree in the UK and helped develop both the level 4 and level 7 Apprenticeships with the trailblazer group of employees. She subsequently implemented and delivered the level 7 apprenticeship which she grew over 5 years by 700% with great success. 

Ann has been an active volunteer of the Chartered IIA since 2007 and is now Head of Technical Content and Research. She aims to bring her practical and higher education experiences to drive practical support for the internal audit profession.

Jan Olivier

Jan leads the Education and Development function, delivering member advancement through certifications and skills development. Driven by his passion for education and the impact of education on personal and societal progress, Jan has worked in further, higher, and professional education sectors in South Africa, Kenya, the Netherlands, and the UK. He leverages his extensive background in curriculum development, distance and blended learning, and assessment methodology to guide the strategic direction of the Chartered IIA, while also applying his expertise and business insight to ensure financial resilience.

Jan holds advanced degrees in business management, education, philosophy, and literary theory.

Sandro Boeri CMIIA (President)

Sandro was Head of Staff Development and Culture Assessment within Deutsche Bank’s group audit function. He was one of the founders of Risk Audit Professional Development and has a career in financial services corporate governance spanning more than forty years.

His main area of specialism is in the field of internal audit. He is also a major thought leader on culture in financial services as well as regulation in the fields of wholesale financial services. Sandro is a prominent speaker on subjects ranging from corporate governance to motivation in the workplace.

Anne Kiem, OBE – CEO (Director and Executive Team)

Anne Kiem joined the Chartered IIA in January 2023 having been Chief Executive of the Chartered Association of Business Schools for eight years. In that time the staff team has more than tripled as a result of significant new activities and income streams. She attributes this success to fantastic colleagues and supportive and dedicated members.

Her career to date has included membership organisations, education and financial services. She was awarded an OBE in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Carolyn Clarke CMIIA (Deputy President)

Carolyn is an independent consultant providing specialist services that draw upon her in-house and advisory experience as Head of Audit, Risk and Control. She has almost 20 years’ board level experience in the not-for-profit sector and currently is Chair of Care International UK.

Carolyn spent 19 years at PwC, where she developed a deep specialism in the impact of culture and behaviours on risk, control, and assurance, and led the company’s client training business for more than a decade. Carolyn was a member of the Steering Group that developed the Institute of Internal Audit’s Code of Practice for Internal Auditors.

Steve Evenden CMIIA (Deputy President)

Steve is an audit leader with 20 years’ internal audit experience and specialises in retail financial services. He has built and led internal audit teams covering retail banking, corporate banking, insurance and asset management.

He is passionate about internal audit and the key role auditors play in supporting businesses and has a successful track record of building and developing teams and implementing forward thinking audit initiatives. In April 2020, Steve was appointed as the Interim Chief Internal Auditor for Nationwide and took the role permanently in October 2020.

Deepinder Chhabra (Co-opted Director)

Deepinder (Deep) is an EMEA GRC practice Leader of a Global Business Consulting Services firm based in the UK. He challenges, educates, and engages senior stakeholders on critical IT Governance, Risk Management and cybersecurity issues.

In addition, he encourages innovative thinking to generate actionable strategies for the secure adoption of disruptive technologies and digital transformation, enabling businesses to thrive while managing their cyber risks.

For over twenty years, he has consulted and worked with many of the world's largest organisations across diverse industry verticals.

He is an avid speaker. He has delivered keynotes and spoken at numerous conferences and events on wide-ranging topics such as Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Cloud Security, Threat Landscape, GDPR, Big Data Analytics, DevSecOps, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of payments.

Deep is an MBA and has attended Executive Education programs at the Indian Institute of Management, Harvard Business School, and Cranfield University.

Deep is the Director and Past President of the ISACA London Chapter. He also mentors several young professionals through Tech4Girls, ISACA London Chapter and ISACA Global

Piyush Fatania CMIIA, CIA (Elected Director)

Piyush is Head of ARA (Audit, Risk & Assurance) which provides internal audit services to Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucester City Council, Stroud District Council and UBICO (a council owned company).

Piyush has 30 years’ internal audit experience in local government and the NHS. As a testament to his success and leadership qualities, an internal audit team previously led by Piyush were Highly Commended in the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy Public Finance Awards.

Piyush is passionate about internal audit in the public sector and, as a member of council, he represents fellow internal auditors by advising and supporting the Institute to increase its profile, influence in, and work for, the public sector.

Maria Ghibu (Co-opted Director)

Maria is a senior executive (FRM, ACCA and INSEAD MBA) with 18 years of experience leading tech-enabled businesses, her expertise spans Strategy, Operations, and Sales across Pharma/Biotech, Technology, and Financial Services. Passionate about innovation (shortlisted for the UK Women in IT “Innovator of the Year” Award), Maria is an expert in startup scale-up, business process re-engineering and data-driven commercial strategies.

Maria is a visionary and strategic leader with strong communications skills. She builds high-performing teams by creating trust and a psychologically safe working environment. Maria encourages her teams to seek challenging learning opportunities for development, to fail, and to find the courage to try again. Maria’s leadership is people-centric, inspiring, tenacious, and results driven.

Arleen McGichen CMIIA (Director at Large)

Arleen is the Group Chief Audit Officer at Royal London Group. She was previously Head of Internal Audit for Virgin Money and Ignis Asset Management (part of The Phoenix Group), and harnesses over 24 years experience in audit and risk management roles in the financial services sector.

Arleen has an MSc in risk management, investment management (IMC), along with treasury qualifications (CertT), and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland. She was awarded the George Leslie Kerr prize by the Institute.

Paddy Padmanathan – Finance & IT Director (Senior Leadership Team)

Paddy is responsible for the Finance and IT departments at the Chartered Institute.

He is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years’ experience in managing finance, IT, facilities and operations.

In his last role, he was the Director of Finance and Operations at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Clare Keon, CMIIA, M Inst D, Dip IOD (Elected Director)

Clare joined Avolon, a global leader in aircraft leasing, in April 2023 as SVP Risk Management & Compliance.  In her role she is responsible for developing and implementing an Operational Risk Management Program.

Prior to Avolon, Clare was the Global Director of Internal Audit for McKinsey & Co., Inc. She was appointed to this role at the start of 2019.  Clare actively developed an audit strategy which reflected the IIA IPPF and standards.  At the same time, she implemented a framework for people impact and growth; the circular framework addresses confidence, credibility and capability.

Clare is passionate about people, ensuring she promotes a culture of growth and inclusivity. 

Clare is a Chartered Internal Auditor and a Member of the Institute of Directors.

Roza Watson, CMIIA QIAL CIA (Elected Director)

Roza recently joined (March 2023) Willis Towers Watson as a Senior Audit Manager – Europe & International. Prior to that Roza was the UK Group Audit Country Lead at Zurich Insurance Plc.

Roza has worked both in Professional Practice firms such as Deloitte and Grant Thornton and in Industry including AIG and a small Lloyd’s Syndicate firm where she held a Head of Audit role. Roza has 18 years of experience in Internal Audit with 15 of these in managerial positions.  Roza's specialism is in the Insurance sector which she has been in since 2009.   

Roza is a Chartered Internal Auditor and has a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Clare is a Chartered Internal Auditor and a Member of the Institute of Directors.

Marina McQuade CMIIA FCCA (Elected Director)

Marina is currently a Head of Risk and Compliance at National Grid plc, where she has been for six years. Together with her team of nine people, she is accountable for enabling the group-wide frameworks and Risk, Assurance, Corporate Audit and Compliance teams with the governance processes, reporting and technology that drives their GRC framework design and best practice delivery.

Marina is a Chartered Internal Auditor and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Her career to date has also included roles as Head of Internal Audit and Director of Risk and Business Assurance in retail, logistics, events, utilities, a membership organisation and in Central Government where she was Head of Audit for all Regulatory Authorities in the UK. She trained in public practice Chartered Accountancy with BDO. Marina serves as a past Chair and member of the Chartered IIA’s Midlands region Committee. She has also served on the Board of a successful NHS mental health hospital trust as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Finance Committees.

Andrew Hinder CMIIA QIAL CIA CRMA CISA (Elected Director)

Andrew is currently Group Chief of Internal Audit for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and six of its arm’s length bodies. Prior to joining the Civil Service Andrew was Head of IT Assurance at BAE Systems and has 13 years’ experience working in the Internal Audit departments of FTSE 50 companies. Andrew trained at Deloitte and spent five years working within the Enterprise Risk Services division in both the UK and New Zealand.

Andrew has a degree in Banking and Finance and holds a range of Internal Audit, IT and Data certifications.

Saida Evans CMIIA (Elected Director)

Saida is head of business integrity for global supply and procurement at Diageo with 6 direct reports spread across different regions. Prior to that, she worked at EDF Energy for nearly 8 years where she held different roles, mainly in the nuclear project, audit and cyber. Saida is a Chartered auditor and Certified internal auditor and holds a Master’s degree in teaching English as a foreign language from University of Reading. Saida is passionate about inclusion & diversity, ESG and the developments within digital.