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Join our Audit and Risk Committee
Share your voice, strengthen our business
The Institute of Osteopathy’s Audit and Risk Committee plays a vital role in supporting effective governance, financial oversight, and risk management across the organisation. Joining the committee will give you the opportunity to contribute your skills, experience, and professional judgement to help ensure the iO remains resilient, accountable, and forward-facing. You don’t need finance or audit experience just sound judgement and a commitment to good governance.
A strong Audit and Risk Committee is essential to a successful business. It provides challenge, support, and accountability, helping ensure we remain focused on what matters most to our members. By combining different experiences and viewpoints, the committee helps create better outcomes for everyone.
This committee brings together passionate individuals from across the business who are committed to improving the way we work, supporting our members, and ensuring our decisions reflect our values and strategic goals.
Candidate Information Pack
Make a difference to the profession
As a voluntary committee member, you will have the chance to share your ideas, provide valuable insight, and help drive initiatives that make a real impact. Your voice will help influence important discussions, identify opportunities for improvement, and ensure diverse perspectives are represented in all decision-making.
Being part of the committee is also a fantastic personal development opportunity. You will broaden your understanding of the business, build relationships with colleagues from different areas of the profession, enhance your leadership skills, and gain experience in governance, collaboration, and strategic thinking.
If you are passionate about making a difference, influencing positive change, and contributing to the success of our organisation, we encourage you to join the committee and be part of something meaningful.
How to apply
Before applying, please review the candidate information pack for full details of the role, the committee and the application process. Click on the document image to download the pack.
Deadline for applications: Sunday, 4 October 2026.
APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
This is an independent panel who ensures appropriate processes and governance in the appointment, election and performance of iO non–executives.
ACTING CHAIR: ANNA MACHIN
Committee Members
- Diana Bruno Gaston
- Justine Woolf
- Dr Alison Robinson Canham (CEO)
Education and Practice Committee
A cross-professional group of healthcare professionals, the Education and Practice Committee oversees the external relationships of the iO, and reviews the strategies and policies of the Institute to ensure that they are practical and in line with the aims of the iO and the profession.
CHAIR: GILL JONES
Committee Members
- Dr Jerry Draper-Rodi
- Sally Gosling
- David Kennett
- Aaron Porter
- Aoife Prendergast
- Robert Thomas
- Joanna Waterworth
AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE (AND REMUNERATION)
This has oversight of the iO’s financial performance and operational effectiveness and ensures that the financial and risk management processes of the iO are robust and effective. The members of the Audit and Risk Committee also form the Remuneration Committee which oversees the remuneration of the Executive and works to ensure that reward processes are appropriate and affordable.
CHAIR: TREVOR PURT
Committee Members
- Dr Alison Robinson Canham (CEO)
- Tracy Scott, iO Finance Manager (in attendance)
STUDENT COMMITTEE
This Committee is formed of student representatives from each of the undergraduate institutions providing Osteopathic degrees. They meet to collaborate across the colleges and provide a student voice to the plans and activities of the iO.
CHAIR: ZOË CLARK
Committee Members
- Emilie Raymond (CoO)
- Louis Leung (LSO)
- Anna Thuilot (NESCOT)
- Isabella Walsh (Swansea)
- Tyler Perkins (Swansea)
- Monêt Bradshaw-Brown
(Swansea) - Rhys Froux-Leaker (UCO)