Board Members

Chairman
John Kellas CBE (Interim Chairman)		John Kellas, MA, FCA, recently retired as the first full-time Chairman of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. Prior to his appointment to that position in 2004 he had a professional career of some thirty years with KPMG and its predecessor firms, of which he became a partner in 1982. He was the UK senior technical partner from 1990 to 2004. While with KPMG he served for many years on the Auditing Practices Board.

Members
Lillian Boyle		Lillian Boyle is a lawyer and a Chartered Insurer. She is a former President of the Chartered Insurance Institute and Chair of the CII Audit Committee. She was previously Managing Director of Scottish Provident International and has held a number of directorships in international locations. She currently sits on a variety of boards including investment and financial services companies.
Anthony Carus		Anthony Carus is a maths graduate and a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. He has worked in the financial services industry since graduation in a variety of roles including as the Appointed Actuary of an insurance company. He has managed his own actuarial consultancy business since 2004. Anthony has also been closely involved in insurance industry matters nationally. He has chaired a working party for the Association of British Insurers, is a member of the Ogden Working Party on matters relating to personal injury claims and is Chairman of the Damages Working Party of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
Iain Cheyne CBE		Iain Cheyne is a lawyer with extensive experience of the commercial banking sector. He worked for many years for Lloyds Bank where his last role was as Managing Director, International Banking. He was the financial adviser to the Aga Khan between 2000 and 2007.
Hilary Daniels		Hilary Daniels BSc, CPFA is a Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Olympic Lottery Distributor, a Member of the Actuarial Stakeholder Interests Working Group, an Independent Member of the East Northamptonshire Standards Board, an Independent Member on the ILEX Professional Standards Board and the Hon. Treasurer of two charities. She is a Past President of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and was formerly Chief Executive, West Norfolk Primary Care Trust and Norfolk Primary Care Trust.
Rudolf Ferscha		Rudolf Ferscha has held a range of senior executive and non-executive positions in the UK, US, and in Germany, as a lawyer, banker, executive manager and investor. These include Chief Executive of a major European derivatives exchange and senior management positions with the Goldman Sachs Group. He also served as Chairman of the Management Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Paul George		Paul holds a degree in Accountancy and Financial Analysis from Warwick University qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in 1985 and was made a partner in 1995. In addition to being responsible for the audits of many major public interest entities he managed one of KPMG’s significant consulting businesses and was on their UK Consulting management committee. Following KPMG, and prior to joining the Oversight Board in 2004, Paul was a main board director of a UK publicly quoted company specialising in helping multi-national companies improve their operational efficiency and the effectiveness of their finance functions.
Mick McAteer		Mick McAteer is a consumer advocate with a particular focus on promoting fair and accountable financial markets and access to affordable financial services. He was Principal Policy Adviser to the Consumers’ Association from 1994 to 2006. He is currently Director of The Financial Inclusion Centre, and a member of various European Users’ Panels including FINUSE and the Consultative Panels for the European banking and insurance regulators.
Diane Walters		Diane Walters is a qualified accountant and academic. She combines lecturing at Heriot-Watt University with a portfolio of teaching and examining posts with professional bodies.