Mike Venables OBE
Biography
Since leaving the Ministry of Defence as a Senior Civil Servant some 10 years ago, Mike has built a successful portfolio career Non-Executive, Trustee and Management Consultant in the government, private and charity sectors.
He has served on public sector Boards, as a Trustee of several charities and provided strategic and bid advice to major blue-chip companies successfully bidding for government business.
He has specific and detailed Non-Executive expertise in public and charitable sector governance, performance and risk management, high level public policy, strategy development, finance, planning and budgeting and project management.
Non-Executive Director, VMD
An independent member of VMD’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
Non-Executive Director, VMD
The VMD Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC), is a sub-committee of the VMD Management Board (MB). The ARAC supports the Chief Executive as Accounting Officer and the MB in monitoring the corporate governance and control systems in the organisation. It will advise on internal and external audit matters, risk, control and governance in the organisation. The ARAC’s scope and responsibilities include risk management, internal control, governance, financial reporting and internal and external audit.