Audit and Risk Committee

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Helen Clare has worked in the pensions industry for over 30 years. 

She is a Board member at the London Pensions Fund Authority and is also an independent adviser to a number of public sector pension funds. A large part of her career was spent at Lothian Pension Fund, the local government pension fund in Edinburgh, and includes 5 years as its Chief Executive. 

Prior to that she worked as an investment consultant. She lives in East Lothian, enjoys gardening and is involved in a number of local community organisations.

Mark joined SPPA’s Audit & Risk Committee and Management Advisory Board in June 2024. 

As an experienced public service pensions trustee, Audit & Risk Committee Chair and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, with over 20 years senior executive leadership in the rail industry, he uses his skills and experience to help organisations in a non-executive capacity in both audit and risk and across the board of directors, particularly in governance and strategic decision-making.

Kevin has many years of senior management experience in financial services. 

His particular expertise is in audit and risk management having worked for a variety of organisations in their internal audit functions at a senior level. He is strong advocate of continual improvement around audit delivery, risk frameworks and corporate governance and as a senior consultant with KPMG, he has undertaken quality reviews in several businesses which includes benchmarking the performance of audit functions and board committees against expected standards. 

In his spare time Kevin plays in a charity rock band and has raised thousands of pounds over the last 20 years for charitable causes