Our Commercial Insights team are experts on the government’s commercial work, regulation and contract management.

Director

Simon Reason

Simon directs the National Audit Office’s Commercial Insights team. He started his career in investment banking, then moved to a strategy role at Mars, one of the world’s largest privately owned companies. He has been at the NAO for over 20 years where he has audited a range of policy areas, including regulation, health and defence.

For the last eight years Simon has directed the NAO’s HM Treasury and Corporate Finance Team reporting on topics such as asset sales, government’s COVID-19 response schemes, and the spending and planning framework.

He is an Associate of the CFA Society of the UK, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments, and is a certified counter-fraud examiner.

Team members

Lilian Ndianefo

Lilian’s work at the NAO has included public sector company audits, audits of government departments, supporting the setting of the Local Audit Code and developing guidance for auditors of local government and NHS bodies.

Before joining the NAO, Lilian had many years of experience managing a large portfolio of corporate multinationals for one of the Big Four audit firms.

Iain Forrester

Iain has over 15 years’ experience of working on the NAO’s commercial and contracting related work. This has included the government’s response to COVID-19, cross-government work on grants, EU Exit and shared services.

Our work

The Commercial Insights team leads and supports work across the NAO on:

  • improving commercial and regulatory capability
  • the value of managing contracts well
  • how to use corporate finance appropriately
  • how to regulate effectively

For more on our work in these areas, see the following topics:

Contact the team

You can contact the team by email:

commercial.insights@nao.org.uk

Other Insights teams

Find out about the NAO’s other Insights teams