Ed Smith
Reporting Panel Member
Biography
Ed Smith (appointed in 2009) is a former senior partner and Global Assurance Chief Operating Officer and Strategy Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He now enjoys a portfolio of board roles in education, transport, sport, health care, thought leadership and the environment and sustainable development. He is Chairman of WWF-UK, Deputy Chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, and a member of Council and Treasurer of Chatham House. He is also a non-executive director of both the Department for Transport and the NHS Commissioning Board Authority.
Register of interests
- Non-executive director, Department for Transport and Chair, Group Audit Committee
- Non-executive director, NHS Commissioning Board Authority and Chair of its Audit Committee
- Chairman, WWF-UK and member, WWF International Board
- Chairman, British Universities & Colleges Sport Ltd
- Member of Council and Treasurer, Chatham House
- Deputy Chairman, Managing Partners Forum
- Chairman, Student Loans Company Ltd
- Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, University of Birmingham
- Previously: senior partner and Global Assurance Chief Operating Officer and Strategy Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers
