Audit and Risk Assurance Committee

JNCC’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) is an advisory and commissioning committee which supports and advises the Joint Committee and the Accounting Officer on issues of risk, control, governance and assurance. It promotes a climate of financial discipline and internal control and oversees arrangements to attain value for money, regularity and propriety and reduce the risks of financial or other mismanagement.

 

Members of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee as of February 2025

Name	Details
Mr Nigel Reader	Independent external member
Ms Karen Balmer	Independent external member
Professor Pete Higgins	Joint Committee member
Professor Melanie Austen	Joint Committee member

 

For more information on the role of JNCC’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee, see their terms of reference.