Chris Humphrey, Professor of Accounting, has been appointed to the advisory board of the Independent Review into the Quality and Effectiveness of the UK Audit Market, which is being led by Sir Donald Brydon.
It follows reviews of the audit market by the Competitions and Markets Authority, a review by Sir John Kingman of the future of the Financial Reporting Council and a House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Inquiry into the Future of Audit (which Professor Humphrey gave evidence to on 15 January 2019).
Chris also featured on BBC Radio 4’s The Bottom Line in the programme “Are auditors fit for purpose?” on Thursday 21 February 2019.