Thomas Taylor
Biography
Tom is currently a Non-Executive Director (NED) at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities where he is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and Lead NED for the Union. He is also Chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority, an Independent Member of His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs Audit Committee, and a Board Mentor for Criticaleye Ltd.
From 2017 to 2023 Tom was a Non-Executive Director for the Northern Ireland Government Department of Finance where he was a member of the Departmental Audit & Risk Committee and was Chair of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency Audit & risk Committee from. 2015 to 2018 Tom was Wales Chair for the Consumer Council for Water - the Consumer Watchdog for over three million residents of Wales and Herefordshire. From 2012 – 2018 Tom was a Non-Executive Director for the English Education Regulator the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (where he was Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Enforcement Committee).
He has worked in the energy, healthcare, education, water, agriculture, environment, and manufacturing sectors of our economy. He has more than 32 years’ experience working at Board level in the public, private and third sectors as a Chair, Non-Executive Director, Chief Executive, Finance Director, and Commercial Director.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, and a Fellow of the Healthcare Finance Managers Association.
Non-Executive Director
The DLUHC board’s role is to advise and support ministers on the operational implications and effectiveness of policy proposals and help turn policy from ideas into actions and results.
Part of DLUHC’s leadership team, non-executive board members help with that task.
Previous roles in government
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Non-executive Director