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Non-executive Director and Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee

Charmion Pears

Biography

Charmion Pears was appointed as a Non-executive Director and Chair of DVLA’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee in February 2024.

Education and qualifications

Charmion has been a Chartered Accountant with the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) for 29 years. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Career

Charmion has been a non-executive for 14 years, with a focus on the public sector.

She currently serves as DVLA Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC), an independent member of the DfT Group ARAC and is the Non-executive Director and Chair of the ARAC at the Civil Aviation Authority. She is also an Independent Member of the ARAC at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Her previous non-executive roles include other central government roles such as Non-executive Director and Chair of the ARAC at the Care Quality Commission, and local government roles such as Senior Independent Non-executive Director and ARAC Chair at Bristol Waste Company, ARAC Member for Bristol Holding Company and Non-executive Director and ARAC Chair at Corserv Ltd. 

She has also done non-executive work in the voluntary sector, with trusteeships at Blue Cross UK and Demelza Hospice for Children.

Charmion’s executive career included leadership roles in strategic planning and innovation within the aviation and financial services industries.

Charmion brings DVLA significant public sector non-executive and ARAC experience. This allows her to share areas of best practice and opportunities for continuous improvement with DVLA.

Non-executive Director

The Non-executive Director brings ideas and advice from their career experience and perspective as a private citizen.

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Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee

The Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee:

  • provides independent leadership and assurance on governance, risk management and internal control
  • sets the direction of the Committee in line with its Terms of Reference
  • reports regularly to the board on the effectiveness of the control framework and key risks
  • engages with internal and external auditors
  • provides annual formal assurance to the Accounting Officer, including in relation to fraud

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