During his tenure at Grant Thornton, Steve was appointed Chair of the Global Public Policy Committee (GPPC), which represents the six largest accounting networks in dialogue with stakeholders such as global institutional investors, banking authorities, the OECD and audit regulators.
Steve also spent seven years as Chair of the same firm’s Partner Oversight Board, which ensures the firm acts in the partnership’s interest and meets the public interest responsibilities expected of a leading accounting firm.
He also held a variety of leadership positions including Office Managing Partner (first for London West and subsequently for the London Gatwick office) and National Head of Audit, running an audit portfolio of the firm’s highest profile audits, as well as significant not for profit bodies.
Today, Steve holds two commercial non-executive positions on the board of Nuffield Health and Carey Group Limited; and two charitable roles with The Royal Collection Trust and The Gurkha Museum.
Gary spent over three decades with software and professional services organisation, the IBM Corporation. He is the former Chief Human Resources Officer for Europe and Global Head of Labour Relations and was a member of IBMs Senior Leadership Group appointed by the CEO to provide global leadership and stewardship across key strategic areas to accelerate growth.
Working at country, European and global level, Gary undertook major transformation projects covering people and culture, M&A, divestitures, growth markets, business start-ups, restructuring, enterprise risk, and business control.
Gary also sat on IBM’s UK Pension Board, as well as chairing the Diversity and Inclusion Council, Enterprise Risk Committee, the European Works Council, leading the Global Investigations function and chairing the Disciplinary Action Review Committee. His remits spanned from identifying and mitigating global business risks to managing employee and union risks and DEI.
Gary holds a number of INE and governance roles and is experienced as an INE in a regulatory environment. He has a portfolio of non-executive director and board advisory roles in the public sector, education and for charities.
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