Who is on the Governance Board

Michael has over 35 years’ experience in public audit serving the UK Parliament. As director and Board member at the National Audit Office (NAO) he had a wide ranging portfolio covering at various times the majority of UK central government. For the last eight years of his executive career he was the NAO’s Chief Operating Officer.

Michael has significant international experience. He worked at the New Zealand Audit Office. He was UK Commissioner on the Audit Board of the European Space Agency. He led a major investigation into Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines and led or participated in other international assignments across the USA, South America and Africa.

Michael is a Board member of the UK’s pharmaceutical regulator the MHRA where he was co interim chair for 18 months.

He is Board member and Audit Chair of the South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust (SEACAMB) which provides 999 and 111 services for Kent, Sussex and Surrey. In March 2025 he became SEACAMB’s Chair.

For six years he was Trustee and Treasurer of Cruse, the UK’s national bereavement charity.

Michael was awarded the OBE for services to Parliamentary audit in the 2016 New Year Honours.

Rob has had a successful career in local government, serving in both Scottish and English councils.  He is a Chartered Town Planner but much of his career has been in corporate governance.  He held the post of Chief Executive for both South Northamptonshire Council and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council.

Rob is a Non-Executive Director with the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service, on its Executive Board, Business Improvement Committee and Chairing its Audit & Risk Committee.  He has served on a range of public organisations including as a board member of NHS Digital and its remuneration, management and audit & risk committees.

Cosette is a Chartered Governance Professional. She is also an alumna of the prestigious Financial Times (FT) Non-Executive Director Diploma Programme, joining the FT NED Faculty in 2017. Cosette has served in multiple non-executive and independent roles, including Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee at the Valuation Office Agency (now part of HMRC), and as an Independent Member of the Audit & Transparency Committee for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.

Her advisory work focusses on board effectiveness, governance reviews, conduct risk, and organisational culture. As the founder of Permuto Consulting, Cosette advises boards and senior leaders on these critical areas. In addition, she is a guest lecturer at both Bayes Business School and University College London.

Cosette is also Managing Director at Standard Chartered Bank in the Corporate & Investment Banking division, bringing over two decades of experience in the financial services industry to her leadership roles.

Peter qualified as a chartered accountant in London in 1971 and in Canada in 1980 and is an alumnus of EY. He held a number of senior executive positions in the finance industry, both in Toronto and in Jersey, including CEO of Deutsche Bank’s Offshore Group based in Jersey. For nine years until January 2024, he was a Commissioner at the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

Peter has wide experience in banking, including in treasury, corporate lending, global custody and retail banking. His operational responsibilities have included finance, IT, corporate restructuring and business change, and risk and compliance. His geographic responsibilities covered a number of international finance centres in Jersey, Guernsey, Cayman Islands and Mauritius and in other onshore jurisdictions.

He has lived in Jersey for 35 years and retired from full-time employment in 2013. He is a graduate of Reading University, has taken numerous training courses through his employers and, after retirement, completed the Institute of Directors Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction. Peter has recently accepted an honorary role as Trustee and Treasurer of Jersey Hospice.

Lynn was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) for Jersey in January 2020 and is responsible for running the Office of the C&AG in Jersey, which is known as the Jersey Audit Office (JAO).