CIOT Committees

Audit & Risk Committee is a joint committee with the Association of Taxation Technicians. 

Committee Chair

Laura Tomlinson (Independent Member)

Committee Executive

Vicky Nicholas (Executive Officer)

Committee Members

Paul Aplin (CIOT Council Member)

Graham Batty (ATT Council Member)

Ian Menzies-Conacher (CIOT Member)

Ralph Pettengell (ATT Member)

Fiona Wilkinson (Independent Member)

Committee Observers

Tracy Easman (CIOT Council Member)

Katherine Lindley (ATT Council Member)

Staff in Attendance

Jane Ashton (Chief Executive: ATT)

Andrew Burnett (Chief Operating Officer)

Rosalind Baxter (Institute Secretary and Director of Education)

Karl Cerski (Chief Finance Officer)

Linda Mensah (Financial Controller)

Ellen Milner (Director of Public Policy)

Helen Whiteman (Chief Executive: CIOT)

Committee Chair

Jane Frecknall-Hughes 

Committee Executive

Vicky Purtill (Institute Secretary and Director of Education)

Committee Members

Philip Baker

Roger Barnard

Kenneth Crofton-Martin

Jane Frecknall-Hughes

Andy Lymer

Charlie Mason

Pete Miller

Vivek Nathwani (ex-officio)

Fiona Poole

Chris Shrubsole (Vice-Chair and CIOT Council Member)

Andy Fitzsimmons

Amanda Fisher

Staff in Attendance

Vicky Purtill (Institute Secretary and Director of Education)

Kelly Sizer

Committee Chair
Olayinka Iwu

Committee Vice Chair
Reshma Johar

Committee Executives
Helen Whiteman (Chief Executive: CIOT)
Jane Ashton (Chief Executive: ATT)

Committee Members
Olayinka Iwu (Chair)
Reshma Johar (Vice Chair)
Jeremy Coker
Jim Robertson
Nichola Ross-Martin (CIOT Council)
Sharon (Sheri) Habib
Tasneem Kadiri
Keith Gordon
Nik Mehta (CIOT Council – virtual member)
Ray McCann
Yvette Nunn

Staff in Attendance
Annette Hutchinson (Head of HR & Facilities)
Helen Whiteman (Chief Executive, CIOT)
Jane Ashton (Chief Executive, ATT)
Victoria Todd (Head of LITRG)
Mark Stratton (Governance Officer)
Salema Hafiz (Head of BD & Marketing)

Committee Chair

Jo Bello

Committee Executive

Jude Maidment (Education and Examinations Manager)

Committee Members

ATT Chief Examiner

CIOT Chief Examiner

Nichola Ross Martin (CIOT Deputy President)

Graham Batty (ATT Past President)

Roger Barnard

John Barnes

John Beattie

Peter Coulthard

Kenneth Crofton-Martin

Jane Jones

Michael Thexton (Vice-Chair)

Staff in Attendance

Vicky Purtill (Institute Secretary and Director of Education)

Kelly Sizer

Committee Chair

Jonathan Riley (Interim Chair)

Committee Executive

Vicky Hilpert (Chief Finance Officer)

Committee Members

Nick Goulding (External)

Mobeen Ismail (External) 

Peter Smith (External)

Nick Parker (External)

David Bradshaw (ATT Honorary Treasurer)

Staff in Attendance

Linda Mensah (Financial Controller)

Mark Stratton (Governance Officer)

Helen Whiteman (Chief Executive)

JOSF is a joint forum between the CIOT and ATT.

Committee Joint Chairs

Simon Groom (ATT President)

Gary Ashford (CIOT President)

Committee Executive

Vicky Nicholas (Executive Officer)

Committee Members

Jane Ashton (ATT Chief Executive Officer)

Susan Ball (CIOT Immediate Past President)

Charlotte Barbour (CIOT Deputy President)

Graham Batty (ATT Vice President)

Rosalind Baxter (Institute Secretary and Director of Education)

David Bradshaw (ATT Immediate Past President)

Andrew Burnett (Chief Operating Officer)

Karl Cerski (Chief Finance Officer)

Katherine Lindley (ATT Honorary Treasurer)

Nichola Ross Martin (CIOT Vice President)

Ellen Miller (Director of Public Policy)

Senga Prior (ATT Deputy President)

Helen Whiteman (CIOT Chief Executive Officer)

Committee Executive

Victoria Todd (Head of LITRG)

Committee Members

John Andrews

Stephen Banyard

Alan Barton

Leonard Beighton

Valerie Boggs

Sara Closs-Davies

Larry Darby

Andrew Dickson

Nigel Eastaway

Andrew Flint

Martin Hodgson

Roger Holman

Gail Mackie

Donna McKenney

Patrick Millard

Caroline Miskin

Sam Mitha

Jane Moore

Tina Riches

Philip Ridgway

Anthony Thomas

Robin Williamson

Staff in Attendance

Jane Booth (Technical Officer LITRG)

George Crozier (Head of External Relations)

John Cullinane (Director of Public Policy)

Tom Henderson (Technical Officer LITRG)

Meredith McCammond (Technical Officer LITRG)

Kelly Sizer (Senior Technical Manager)

Claire Thackaberry (LITRG Technical Officer)

Hamant Verma (External Relations Officer)

Joanne Walker (LITRG Technical Officer, CIOT Technical Officer (Scottish Technical Committee and Climate Change Working Group))

Sharron West (LITRG Technical Officer)

Helen Whiteman (Chief Executive: CIOT)

Gillian Wrigley (LITRG Technical Officer)

Chris Young (Scotland External Relations & Branch Support Manager)

Committee Chair

Sarah Hewson (CIOT Council Member)

Committee Executive

Emma Barklamb (Head of Member Services)

Committee Members

Michael Ashdown

Chris Brydone

Nichola Ross-Martin (CIOT Council Member)

Helen McGhee 

Yvette Nunn 

Toyin Oyeneyin (New Tax Professionals Sub-Committee Chair)

Lynne Poyser (Joint Branches Sub-Committee Chair and Conferences Sub-Committee Rep)

Zoe Roberts 

Joanne Routier 

David Treitel

Staff in Attendance

Lisa Drakley (Assistant Head of Member Services (Events))

Andrea Gale (Branch Network Manager)

Chris Taylor (Membership Manager)

Committee Chair

Oluwatoyin Oyeneyin

Committee Executive

Emma Barklamb (Head of Member Services)

Committee Members

Makayla White (Vice-Chair)

Sharlene Rowley 

Helen McGhee

Amanpreet Purewell

Danielle Phillips

Staff in Attendance

Lisa Drakley (Events Manager)

Vicky Smith (Events Officer)

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Committee Chair

Penelope Tuck (Council Member)

Committee Executive

Rosalind Baxter (Institute Secretary)

Committee Members

Chris Shrubsole (Council member)

Julia Cockroft (CIOT Member)

Jonathan Endacott (Council Member)

Justine Lutterodt (Independent Member)

Nikhil Mehta (CIOT Council Member)

Sarah Hewson (Council member)

Staff in Attendance

Mark Stratton (Governance Officer)

Sarah Tempany (Executive Assistant)

The Professional Standards Committee is a joint committee with the Association of Taxation Technicians.

Committee Chair

Tracy Easman (ATT Representative) 

Committee Vice Chair

Dhruti Shah (CIOT Representative)

Committee Executive

Jane Mellor (Head of Professional Standards)

Committee Members

Alistair Cliff (CIOT)

Ruth Cook (CIOT) 

Andrew Donaldson (CIOT)

Colin Lothian (ATT) 

Ashley Makoni (CIOT)

Banin Oozeerally (ATT)

Brian Palmer (ATT) 

Gianluca Pin (ATT)

Jonathan Riley (CIOT Council Member)

David Rose (ATT)

David Stedman (ATT) 

Ele Theochari (ATT)

Anthony Thomas (ATT)

Richard Todd (ATT)

Juan Carlos Venegas (ATT)

Sophie Wales (CIOT)

Staff in Attendance

Jane Ashton (Chief Executive: ATT)

Ellen Milner (Director of Public Policy)

Helen Ballantine​ (Professional Standards Officer) 

Marc Leach (Professional Standards Officer) 

Chelsea Hayward (AML Professional Standards Officer)

You can find out more about our Technical Policy and Oversight Committee here.