Corporate failure and internal assurance: what does it mean and what lessons should we be learning?

Carolyn Clark, Founder Partner, Brave Within
A former Partner with PwC, Carolyn Clarke combines almost 20 years of experience as an auditor and advisor to a wide range of organisations, with in-house experience as a FTSE 30 Head of Audit, Risk and Control and member of the Senior Leadership Team. Carolyn believes all organisations are strongest with a clear purpose, that purpose needs to be delivered on for the benefit of all stakeholders. This requires clarity, transparency, trust and confidence.

Steven Brown, Founder Partner,Brave Within
Steve has developed deep expertise in assurance, governance, risk, and control, with 17 years of experience in this field. He has delivered high-profile internal audit portfolios for leading FTSE 50 companies, streamlined end-to-end processes, implemented audit and risk management systems, and designed effective systems of internal control. Steve’s professional passion lies in the 'transformation of assurance and assurance of transformation', with a focus on managing change impacts for enduring success.

Michael Lucas, Founder Partner, Brave Within
Michael has 25 years of experience in governance, risk, and assurance, supporting Boards, Audit Committees, and Executive teams in their digital transformations. As a specialist in Enterprise Risk Management, Michael engages business teams in practical and commercial conversations about risk and assurance.

Julie Currie, 
Julie is an experienced Non-Executive Board Director, Audit and Risk Committee Chair, predominately in financial services sector with Tesco Bank Plc, State Street Global Advisors Ltd and Scotiabank Europe. She is currently on the board of Space Solar a space tech/ renewable energy business and was on the boards of Department for International Trade, now folded into the Department for Business and Trade, Social and Sustainable Capital and the Social Investment Business.
She has a 21-year C-Suite career at the leading financial institutions of Lloyds Banking Group, Bank of Scotland and Ernst Young, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Scotland. In LBG she was the COO of its turnaround division during the financial crisis and latterly, was the CFO and COO of the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales, the largest corporate foundation in the UK.