Intellectual Property

The Audit Committee

The role of the Audit Committee is to consider our Corporate Governance, the activities of Internal Audit, External Audit, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) requirements of agencies and our accounts.

They meet four times a year and Geoffrey Drage, an independent non-executive director, is the chairperson.

Its current membership is:

Members

  • Geoffrey Drage, Independent Board Member
  • David Roberts, Independent Board Member
  • Mary Champion, Independent Board Member

Obligatory attendees

  • Ian Fletcher, UK Intellectual Property Office Accounting Officer, Comptroller-General and Chief Executive
  • Kevin Woodrow, UK Intellectual Property Office Finance Director

By invitation

  • UK Intellectual Property Office Directors
  • Jon Whitfield (Director of Internal Audit, BERR)
  • Other DTI internal auditors
  • Keith Lloyd (National Audit Office)
  • UK Intellectual Property Office external auditors

Minutes of previous meetings are available on request.