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Ed Smith

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