Professional Certificate
in Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism
30th March - 3rd April 2020, London, UK
Professional Certificate
in Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism
30th March - 3rd April 2020, London, UK
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Global, Head of Public Sector
Gillian is Head of Public Sector for ACCA Global responsible for developing international policy on technical matters affecting finance professionals in public services.
Before joining ACCA, Gillian was a Senior Fellow working with the Office for Public Management (OPM) in the organisational development and policy team. She has also worked for the Audit Commission in the UK, where she was a Head of Policy with expertise in corporate governance, financial management, performance management and human rights and equalities. In 2005 she was seconded to the UK Parliament as Head of Finance of the Scrutiny Unit, responsible for providing professional support to a wide range of select committees.
She is a member of the Federation of European Accountants (FEE) and the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) public sector committees. Most recently, she was appointed to the Editorial Board of the Guardian Public Leaders Network and the Editorial Board of the Financial Management and Accountability Journal. She is also Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee for a UK charity, Freedom from Torture. Also, she was formerly Specialist Advisor to a House of Commons Ad Hoc Committee and Communities and Local Government Parliamentary Select Committee on audit policy, as well as Vice Chair of the Macro Economic Committee for the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services (CEEP) and a non-executive of the Legal Action Group (UK).