Jennifer Anderson - Director of Internal Audit,  Playtech

As the Director of Internal Audit at Playtech, a FTSE 250 technology company, Jennifer leads a dynamic team fostering a culture of innovation, driving success and creating meaningful impact while building strategic partnerships with key stakeholders. Jennifer brings a wealth of multinational and industry experience, having worked across the Middle East and travelled globally in industries such as insurance, private equity, and logistics.

Hayley Bradshaw - Chief Internal Auditor, Tandem Bank

Hayley has almost 20 years of experience in audit and assurance across financial services and currently leads the Internal Audit function at Tandem Bank, the UK’s greener digital bank.  She has a passion for developing high performing audit teams, fostering a collaborative environment with a key focus on optimising internal audit practices and value creation. Hayley is an ICAgile Certified Professional and a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the ICAEW.

Jennifer Daughtry - Director of Internal Audit at Southern Housing

Jennifer has worked in the UK public and charity sectors for over 27 years. At Southern Housing, one of the UK's largest social housing associations, her primary focus is to improve stakeholder understanding and engagement with internal audit. This includes raising awareness of the profession and promoting the value provided to the organisation from a strong combination of risk management, governance and control frameworks and integrated assurance.  

John Kennedy - Group Real Estate, Insurance and Health & Safety Director at BSI

John has over 20 years of experience in internal and external audit, risk and compliance. He was previously Head of Internal Audit & Risk, where he had responsibility for internal audit, enterprise risk management, information security, HSE and corporate compliance. Prior to joining BSI in 2006, he was Senior Audit Manager of Corporate Audit at Intermec, Inc. based in Chicago. Previously, John worked for Deloitte in Dubai, and in public practice in London.

Rosie Nightingale - Head of Internal Audit at Bromford Flagship

Bromford Flagship is one of the largest housing associations in the country. Rosie joined Bromford Housing Group in May 2023 to establish a new, independent internal audit function. Under her leadership, Rosie’s team is dedicated to providing high-quality and professional internal audits, delivering both foresight and insight. 

Mark Penlington - Head of Risk and Resilience and Internal Audit at Irwin Mitchell LLP

Mark has extensive experience across the financial services and travel sectors. Mark founded the Legal Heads of Internal Audit forum, a platform dedicated to fostering collaboration and innovation among legal assurance professionals. Mark is a qualified accountant (ACCA) as well as holding the CIA, CMIIA, QIAL and CISA designations. 

Safia Saeed - Group Head of Internal Audit, River Island and Blue Coast Capital.

Since June 2020, Safia has been leading the internal audit functions for River Island, the high street fashion retailer, and Blue Coast Capital - a global real estate, hospitality and investment group.  She also supports risk management across the organisations and has an operational role in managing insurance. 

Simon Brown - Head of Internal Audit & Risk, Sage Homes

Simon is an accomplished Head of Internal Audit and Risk, with over 28 years of expertise in internal audit, over 20 of which are at a managerial level. Simon currently serves as the Head of Internal Audit & Risk at a for-profit provider of social housing. In addition, he contributes to the governance of the sector as an independent non-executive board member for Worthing Homes, where he is a member of both the Board and the Audit & Risk Committee.

Deepti De Soyza – Director, Internal Audit (Digital & Change), Pearson plc 

Deepti provides assurance over IT risks, emerging technologies and transformation programmes. With a background in programme and change delivery, vendor management, PMO, and IT operations, she brings a business-focused approach to risk management. Passionate about innovation in audit, Deepti proactively embraces data analytics and leads AI-driven initiatives to enhance efficiency and provide deeper insights. She also leads the internal audit quality assurance programme, driving continuous improvements that increase audit effectiveness and value delivery. 

Mohit Dhingra - Chief Internal Auditor, Aegon UK 

Mohit has extensive experience in the Insurance industry, holding a number of Audit and Risk roles across UK, Europe & Asia. Prior to Aegon, he was the Head of Audit for Unum’s UK & European businesses. He also worked for RSA Insurance in a number of Risk and Audit Roles, including the Risk Director for the UK & International businesses and Head of Audit for the Group Corporate Centre, Ireland & Middle East. 

Zelina Harrington-Greenwood - Chief Audit Officer – Bupa Global, India and UK (BGIUK)

Zelina joined Bupa in February 2024 as the Chief Audit Officer - BGIUK, responsible for internal audit coverage over the BGIUK Market Unit which forms a part of the Bupa Group. This includes Bupa’s UK domestic Insurance business, the international PMI business sold through Bupa Global, and a range of healthcare provision businesses. In this role Zelina is a key member of the Bupa Group Internal Audit Senior Leadership Team. 

Faye Lloyd - Director of Audit and Assurance at Cervus Plus Ltd

Faye has over 20 years of experience in the higher education sector, specialising in assurance, risk, and corporate governance. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant and held Finance Director roles before moving into assurance, audit and risk management, with Head of Internal Audit and Director of Assurance roles. Much of her work involves supporting organisations through periods of transition and cultural change, where she has first-hand experience of transforming audit and assurance functions and building highly performing teams. 

Neil Shovell  Chief Internal Auditor at Thames Valley Police

Neil has almost 30 years internal audit experience in the public sector at district, borough, city and county councils, as well as the health and police sectors. Neil has lead a variety of internal audit functions, compliance units, counter fraud investigations and risk management teams. Neil has been the Chief Internal Auditor for Thames Valley Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley since 2016 focussing on providing insightful and value added assurance for senior leaders.