A former London partner of KPMG and Finance Director of the Hambros Banking Group, Charles joined CIMA as chief executive in 2001. Charles has overall responsibility for developing and implementing CIMA’s strategy, and leads its management team. He is regularly involved in the issues affecting the global accounting profession, and takes an active role in CIMA’s Thought Leadership programme.
Recent projects include chairing a panel for the UK Treasury to implement best practice finance into central government, and in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Radley Yeldar and Tomkins plc, on a corporate reporting initiative entitled Report Leadership.
He is a non-executive director of Great Ormond Street Hospital, and recently retired from the board of the International Federation of Accountants. He is also a regular commentator on a range of corporate governance issues, international standards, narrative reporting and financial management issues.
Personal interests include cycling, sailing, skiing and tennis.
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