Non-Executive Director — Audit Committee Chair Designate
United Kingdom·Consumer & Retail·Posted 26 August 2026
FTSE 250 consumer group
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The problem this seat exists to solve
Provision 29 of the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 requires a board declaration on the effectiveness of material controls — including operational and compliance controls — for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2026. The current committee is strong on financial reporting and thin on operational control environments.
The remit
- Succeed to the audit committee chair after a handover period
- Lead the board's readiness for the Provision 29 material-controls declaration
- Oversee the assurance map across financial, operational, reporting and compliance controls
- Work with the risk function on the supply chain and third-party control environment
What the sponsor will not compromise on
- Recent and relevant financial experience as required by Code Provision 24
- Direct experience of owning an operational or compliance control environment, not only a financial one
- Prior UK listed-company non-executive experience, or equivalent from another major market
- Independence under Provision 10, including no prior employment by the group
Terms
- Engagement
- Three-year term, renewable, within the nine-year independence expectation.
- Compensation
- GBP 75,000 – 95,000 a year including audit chair fee.
- Cross-border
- The UK imposes no residency or nationality test on directors. Identity verification under the ECCTA regime applies wherever you are based.
- Time commitment in this market
- Typically 6–9 board meetings a year plus committee cycles and a strategy day; audit-committee chairs should expect materially more.
Before you apply — United Kingdom
Neither the Companies Act 2006 nor the Code imposes any residency or nationality test on a director. A foreign national can be appointed to a UK board without a permit, a filing exemption or a local counterpart.
- Residency test
- None.
- Nationality test
- None.
- Work authorisation
- A non-executive director attending board meetings does not require a work visa; permitted business activities cover it. An executive or interim operating role requires a Skilled Worker visa or equivalent.
- Tenure limit once appointed
- No hard cap. Provision 10 treats service of more than nine years from first appointment as a circumstance that may impair independence, and Provision 19 limits the chair's total tenure to nine years with limited flexibility.
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