Audit and Risk Committee
The Audit and Risk Committee is responsible to the Board of Trustees for reviewing the effectiveness of internal arrangements.
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Responsibilities and terms of reference
The Audit and Risk Committee is one of the committees of the Board of Trustees.
It is independent of the Executive Group, and advises the Board of Trustees on the Executive Group's arrangements for:
- internal control
- risk management
- governance
- value for money
- data management and quality assurance data management.
For full details of the Audit and Risk Committee's responsibilities, see Ordinance 4 - Appendix A.
Membership
As a group, the committee members are empowered to make decisions. They can take advice from others attending the meeting.
Members and roles
The Audit and Risk Committee has up to 7 members.
- Mrs Ololade Adesanya, Independent Trustee (Chair)
- Mr Stephen Robertson, Independent Trustee (Deputy Chair)
- Professor Dame Melanie Welham, Independent Trustee
- Ms Julie Goldstein, Additional Member
- Professor Mary Bishop, Additional Member
- Miss Michaela Munro, Additional Member
If we identify a skill gap in the committee, we will recruit members with this expertise. These individuals usually do not work for the University and will take the role of 'Additional Member'. The committee can appoint up to 3 additional members, who are not members of the Board of Trustees.
Attendees
The following staff may attend meetings and offer advice to committee members:
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost
- Chief Operating Officer, Registrar and University Secretary
- Chief Financial Officer
- Head of Internal Audit
- External Audit Lead Partner
They do not have authority to make committee decisions and are not eligible to vote in meetings.
Committee Secretary
- Current post-holder: Lucy Penrose, Deputy Head of Governance
- Email: deputyhead-governance@bristol.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)117 45 54473
Vacancies
There are currently no vacancies.
Meeting dates and paper submission deadlines 2024/25
- Monday 23 September 2024, 2pm
- Monday 4 November 2024, 2pm
- Monday 3 March 2025, 2pm
- Monday 9 June 2025, 2pm
Minutes
Download minutes from previous Audit and Risk Committee meetings.
2023/24
- 9 June 2025 (TO FOLLOW)
- 3 March 2025 (TO FOLLOW)
- 4 November 2024 (TO FOLLOW)
- 23 September 2024 (TO FOLLOW)
2023/24
- 10 June 2024 (TO FOLLOW)
- 4 March 2024 (TO FOLLOW)
- 15 January 2024 (PDF, 195kB)
- 24 October 2023 (PDF, 127kB)
- 19 October 2023 (PDF, 177kB)
2022/23
- 22 June 2023 (PDF, 147kB)
- 13 March 2023 (PDF, 177kB)
- 16 January 2023 (PDF, 174kB)
- 17 October 2022 (PDF, 116kB)