Non-executive member, SSRO
Hugh Kelly
Biography
Hugh was appointed as a Non-executive Member in June 2021.
He is an independent consultant advising regulators and companies on regulatory and competition finance topics. He has worked for more than twenty years on regulatory accounting and costing, profitability and cost analysis in competition cases, and cost of capital topics. His experience includes the telecoms, postal, aviation, energy, water, broadcasting, transport, financial and payment systems sectors.
Previous roles include:
- Managing Director, Economic and Financial Consulting, FTI Consulting,
- Director, Economics and Regulation, KPMG;
- Principal Financial Analyst, Investigations, Ofcom; and
- Earlier roles at Analysys Consulting, Fuji Bank, Moscow Narodny Bank, and Commonwealth Development Corporation.
Hugh is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from the University of Kent.
Non-executive member, SSRO
The SSRO Non-Executive Members are responsible for:
- providing independent and constructive challenge
- establishing the strategic direction of the SSRO (within a policy and resources framework agreed with ministers)
- overseeing the development and implementation of strategies, plans and priorities
- overseeing the development and review of key performance targets including financial targets
- ensuring that the public body complies with all statutory and administrative requirements on the use of public funds