Janet Eilbeck was appointed by the Public Accounts Commission as a non-executive member of the board in October 2016 and was re-appointed to the role in October 2019 for a final three-year term. She has chaired the Audit Committee since October 2016.
Janet is a chartered accountant with more than 40 years’ experience. She was an assurance partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) until 2011, specializing in government and the broader public sector, including wide experience of external and internal audit, financial accounting advice and risk management. Janet also has an expertise in pensions. She chaired PwC’s two legacy staff pension schemes for 9 years until December 2019 and following her retirement from the firm she became the first chair of the Internal Audit Standards Advisory Board (IASAB), and the independent financial expert for the Department for Education, until December 2016.
Janet has been appointed as non-executive member of the Board and chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at West Kent Housing Association. Her appointment will take effect in June 2021.
Current role