Ms. Gillian Fawcett

Head of International Affair, CIPFA

Gillian leads the International team at CIPFA to develop and provide relevant learning, training and thought leadership support for finance professionals working within the global government sector. Before joining CIPFA, Gillian was head of public sector at ACCA and led its strategy and international technical policy for over six years.  Prior to this position she was a senior fellow within the organisational development and policy team the Office for Public Management (OPM, UK), head of policy at the Audit Commission (UK) and head of finance of the Scrutiny Unit in the UK Parliament.

Gillian is a member of the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) public sector committee and is a former member of the Federation of European Accountants (FEE) public sector committee from 2009 - 2015, and continues to act as treasurer and chair of the Finance Committee for a UK charity, Freedom from Torture. In 2014 she was on the Editorial Board of the Guardian Public Leaders Network and the Editorial Board of the Financial Management and Accountability Journal. She was formerly specialist advisor to a House of Commons Ad Hoc Committee and Communities and Local Government Parliamentary Select Committee on audit policy, and Vice Chair of the Macro Economic Committee for the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services (CEEP).

 

 

 

 

 

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