Bob Spedding

Biography

Bob Spedding (appointed in 2013) graduated with a law degree from Warwick University in 1975 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1978. He retired in 2011 after 25 years as a partner in KPMG where he worked with a wide range of organisations providing audit, transaction and advisory services. His final role at KPMG was as Head of Advisory Risk Management for KPMG Europe LLP. He has been appointed as Council Member and Chair of Audit Committee of the Open University with effect from 1 August 2013, he has been a member of the Audit Committee for The Law Society since 2008 and Chair of The Audit Committee since 2010. He is a non-executive director, Chair of the Audit Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee for the Coal Authority.

Register of interests

• Chairman, The Law Society Audit Committee (from 2010)
• Non-Executive Director, Remuneration Committee Member and Audit Committee Chair, The Coal Authority (from 1 April 2013)
• Council Member and Chair, The Open University Audit Committee (with effect from 1 August 2013)
• Previously: Partner, KPMG (1987–2011)
• Previously: Member, The Law Society Audit Committee (2008–2009)