New board appointment at DFID

The Department for International Development (DFID) has appointed Richard Keys as a non-executive board member and Chair of the Audit Committee it was announced today (13th March 2013).  Richard Keys, former Global Chief Accountant at PwC, has been appointed non-executive director on the DFID board and chair of the Audit Committee. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales spent 37 years at PwC before leaving in 2010.

Richard is also a Non-Executive Director at Sainsbury’s Bank, a member of the Council of the University of Birmingham and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Richard has been recruited to advise on the integrity of financial information and on financial controls, systems and risk management.

Vivienne Cox remains DFID’s lead non-executive board member. DFID is in the process of recruiting further non-executives to join Vivienne and Richard.