Operational Director for Citizens, Community, Constitution and Care

Aneil Jhumat

Biography

Aneil joined the Government Internal Audit Agency in 2019 as operational director of the Health & Home Affairs directorate as well as the strategic lead of the customer impact theme of the GIAA corporate strategy.

He is now our operational director for Citizens, Community, Constitution and Care, leading our cross-government insight work.

Prior to joining the GIAA, Aneil was the director of risk management and internal audit for the Church of England responsible for risk management and assurance delivery for a wide range of operations such as the £8 billion investments of the Church Commissioners, the policy and safeguarding functions of the Archbishop’s Council and the various pension schemes and housing provision run by the Church of England pension board.

He previously was the director of corporate audit and inspection at Barnardo’s, responsible for corporate assurance, children’s services inspection and safeguarding assurance of the UK’s largest children’s charity. Earlier in his career, Aneil worked as a finance consultant for Capgemini Consulting and training and qualified as a CIPFA accountant during his time with the Audit Commission.

Aneil completed an MBA with the University of Leicester as well as being a Chartered Public Finance Accountant. Outside of work, he was previously a trustee of the Refugee Council and is now a CIPFA Council member and a trustee and chair of audit and risk committee at UNICEF UK.

Operational Director for Citizens, Community, Constitution and Care

Government Internal Audit Agency