The Audit and Risk Committee is part of the new Cathedral Measure 2021. It enables Chapter members to meet their responsibilities by providing independent oversight of the Cathedral’s systems of internal control, risk management and financial reporting, and through supervision of the quality, independence and effectiveness of both the internal and external auditors.
Chris is a senior solicitor and qualified trust and estate practitioner at Ashtons Legal LLP. He was a founding trustee of the Suffolk Law Centre, and helps manage their elderly client legal clinics. He also holds a research masters in charity law and is a senior visiting fellow in law at the University of Suffolk, where he lectures in equity and trusts. Chris loves gospel music and formerly sang as lead tenor with the Ipswich Community Gospel Choir.
Jonathan moved to Suffolk from London in 1988 after graduating with a degree in Agricultural Economics from Exeter University and having trained as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser. He quickly became involved in his local church at Haughley, serving on its PCC for ten years, six as Treasurer. He continues in his role as a bellringer. The accountancy firm he joined in 1988 became auditors to the diocese and, following a merger of firms, he became responsible for the Cathedral’s audit for two years. Gaining a further qualification as an Estate and Trust Practitioner, he has been running his own accountancy practice for the last fourteen years. From 2010 until 2021, he served on the Finance and Investment Committee of the Diocese. Jonathan also acts as a trustee of the Alfred Williams Charitable Trust, a Suffolk based grant making charity.
Jane moved to Suffolk in 2016. Prior to becoming a solicitor, she spent 25 years as an Environmental Project Manager, using her qualifications in environmental science. Her project involvement includes the Millennium Dome, Legoland Windsor, Lahore Ring Road and offshore wind developments. She was Lay Chair of Hove Deanery, before moving to Suffolk. An experienced board member, Jane is committed to encouraging the journey towards carbon net zero.
Justin Rabett is an innovative and strategic senior manager with a career in developing and delivering new European market propositions in document management and cloud workflow automation. Most recently, Justin has been working on the Bishop’s Council which forms the Trustee Board of the Diocesan Board of Finance of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich in the Church of England. His main contribution has been financial strategy, marketing and communications. Until 2020, Justin worked as the Head of Digital Strategy in Business Process and Application Services (BP&AS) at Ricoh Europe, responsible for conception and delivery of the new business line strategy and developing the vision for the next three years. Justin is churchwarden at Hargrave Church on and off since 2005 so brings plenty of practical experience from the sharp end.
A public affairs, marketing and communications professional, James is Director of Public Affairs and International for the UK’s largest operator of Business Improvement Districts. From 2007 – 2017 James worked in the City of London as Swordbearer and Senior Programme Manager to the Rt. Hon The Lord Mayor. In this capacity he was responsible for protocol and the Lord Mayor’s ceremonial activity in the City. James graduated with an MA in International Relations and Modern History from the University of St Andrews and was Chair of its Alumni Club in London for a decade, during which time the Club raised over £200,000 to endow several scholarships to the University.
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