Board of Governance established for the Jersey Audit Office

Friday 07 October 2016

The States have appointed Peter Price as the first Chairman and Professor Russel Griggs OBE as a member of the Board of Governance for the Jersey Audit Office.

The Board was established following a recommendation of the Comptroller and Auditor General, Karen McConnell, in her report Public Audit in Jersey published in July 2013.

The Board has a duty to scrutinise both the resources used by the Jersey Audit Office and its governance arrangements and to report any concerns to the Chief Minister and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.  The Board has specific duties, including commenting on the estimates for the Jersey Audit Office, advising on the remuneration and terms and conditions of the Deputy Auditor General and providing an assurance statement on the expenses of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Mr Price has had an extensive career in law, politics, and wider public service, including 15 years as a member of the European Parliament, where he served as Chair of the Budgetary Control Committee.  He is currently a non-executive Board Member of the Welsh Audit Office, and has been a non-executive Director of Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust and a Governor of Thames Valley University.

Professor Griggs is an experienced business professional who has worked in a number of large private businesses as well as with large public bodies and projects.  He has held a wide range of executive and non-executive roles in private, public, and charitable institutions, including the Lending Standards Board, Scottish Mines Restoration Trust, Marie Curie Cancer Trust and the Audit Committee of the Department of Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland.  He is currently a Board member of Audit Scotland and Chair of its Remuneration Committee.