Graham Bell
Oversight Committee Chair, Risk Leader, Author
Oversight lead for strategic risks and business planning for one of the UK’s largest savings and retirement providers.
Over 35 years' international experience across a variety of sectors, including leadership roles with a FTSE top 25 company.
Independent Member and Chair of the Audit & Governance Committee at Transport for the North (TfN), a statutory body representing the interests of 16 million people across the North of England.
Previous committee membership at the British Standards Institution (BSI) and Fellowship of the Institute for Strategy, Resilience & Security (ISRS) at University College London (UCL).
Author of a full length management handbook, published by Kogan Page (2020). Journal articles published by Emerald and the University of Manchester.
Broad operational experience including project and programme management, preparedness, performance improvement, safety, security and crisis management.
Signature skills include, the ability and willingness to challenge conventional thinking, offer novel and effective solutions and deliver measurable value to Boards and Executive Management.
Key achievements include, making a lasting contribution to the body of knowledge in the risk domain, sharing that with others and bringing it to life in a variety of organisational settings.
Improving the processes and mechanisms which management rely upon to gain the assurances they need, and helping them to make better-informed strategic and operational decisions.
