About the author
Janet was a non-executive member of the NAO Board from October 2016 to October 2022. She was appointed by the C&AG to chair the Audit Quality Board (AQB) when it was first set up in 2021. Following her retirement from the Board, the C&AG appointed Janet as an independent external Chair of AQB. Janet stepped down from this role in July 2024 and remains on the AQB as an independent external member.
Janet is a chartered accountant with more than 40 years’ experience. She was an assurance partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) until 2011, specialising in government and the broader public sector, including wide experience of external and internal audit, financial accounting advice and risk management. Janet also has expertise in pensions. She chaired PwC’s two legacy staff pension schemes for nine years until December 2019 and following her retirement from the firm she became the first Chair of the Internal Audit Standards Advisory Board (IASAB), and the independent financial expert for the Department for Education, until December 2016.
Janet has been a non-executive member of the West Kent Housing Association Board since June 2021. She is currently Vice Chair of the Association and Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee and Remuneration and Appointments Committee.