Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

The Board’s Audit and Corporate Governance Committee advises and provides assurance to the Board and the Accountable Officer as to whether effective arrangements are in place to support them in their decision making and implementation of their accountability to ensure that Public Health Wales objectives are delivered in accordance with the standards of good governance set for NHS Wales.

View / download the Terms of Reference and Membership for the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

Meetings

The Committee meets quarterly and as the Chair of the Committee deems necessary. The dates of meetings of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee are shown below.

2026/2027
  • 07 May 2026
  • 03 September 2026
  • 08 December 2026
  • 09 March 2026
2025/2026
  • 08 May 2025
  • 23 June 2025
  • 30 September 2025
  • 16 December 2025
  • 23 March 2026
2024/2025
  • 09 May 2024
  • 10 July 2024
  • 10 September 2024
  • 14 January 2025
  • 10 March 2025
2023/2024
  • 10 May 2023
  • 12 July 2023
  • 19 September 2023
  • 29 January 2024
  • 19 March 2024
2022/2023
  • 05 May 2022
  • 07 June 2022 ( Meeting cancelled)
  • 14 June 2022
  • 13 October 2022
  • 19 January 2023
  • 16 March 2023
2021/2022
  • 05 May 2021
  • 07 June 2021
  • 15 September 2021
  • 20 January 2022
  • 16 March 2022

View Audit and Corporate Governance Committee meeting papers before April 2021.

Audit / Corporate Governance Committee meeting papers before April 2021 can be viewed / downloaded via the Public Health Wales Audit Committee link.

Who’s who

Members

Minimum of three:

Chairman and Non-Executive Director Kate Young
Non-Executive Directors Nick Elliott
Huw David

Present

By invitation, as required, but usually includes the following:

Executive Director of Operations and Finance
(Joint Executive Lead)
Angela Williams
Board Secretary and Head of Board Business Unit
(Joint Executive Leader)
Paul Veysey
Executive Director of Nursing, Quality and Integrated Governance Claire Birchall
Head of Internal Audit (or representative) Paul Dalton
Local Counter Fraud Specialist Henry Bales
Audit Wales / Auditor General’s Representative (external auditor) Anne Beegan
Deputy Director and Head of Finance Position vacant
Representative from the Staff Partnership Forum Bree Gatica Wilcox