Jeannine is an Audit Director and Head of Internal Audit for two of our institutions. A Big Four trained Chartered Accountant, Jeannine has extensive and diverse experience across all areas of internal auditing, assessing the quality of risk management processes, systems of internal control and corporate governance, reporting directly and independently to the most senior level of executive management and to the board’s audit committee. 

Jeannine worked for KCG from 2016 to 2018 and then re-joined in early 2022 after spending three years in the charity sector. A previous Head of Internal Audit for the UK’s largest private charitable hospital and project financier within the investment arm of a listed multi-utility company.

Jeannine is energized by meeting new people and motivated by a sense of pride and fulfilment through delivering work that makes a difference and enables institutions we work with to provide the best experience for learning and growth. 

Family time is important to Jeannine and she enjoys supporting her daughters in their various sporting and musical pursuits and walking her dog, Dora. Jeannine is also a keen musician and plays the violin.

Matteo is a CMIIA qualified Audit Manager. Matteo has broad experience across internal auditing, working with HE institutions to understand key objectives of each department, assessing the key risks and the processes in place to mitigate those risks.  

Matteo joined KCG from the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, where he was the Senior Auditor responsible for delivering an audit function across a complex policy and programme portfolio that spans 280 locations across the globe, building a strong assurance culture, embedding consistent international audit and investigation standards and setting capability standards across the teams. 

Matteo is a problem solver by nature, with tenacity and persistence to provide solutions that support organisations growth and success, bringing independent and objective consultancy to present the facts neutrally based on evidence.  

Matteo takes a person-centred approach to building relationships with clients, preferring to integrate completely into departments. At his best when supporting clients to understand the audit findings and recommendations, Matteo is energized by providing rich insight to clients to support decision making. 

On a personal level, Matteo starts the day at the gym to wake the mind and get a head start to the day to enable productivity. A keen sportsman and big football fan, Matteo enjoys travelling after back-packing across South America during a gap year.

Mark is an Audit Manager with broad experience of working with HE institutions. Mark qualified as a chartered accountant, and became an Audit Manager, with KPMG, providing external audits and other services to clients ranging from small companies to publicly quoted groups. Mark then had a number of years with the Audit Commission, primarily focusing on auditing the financial statements of local councils, as well as assessing their use of resources and certifying grant claims. By joining KCG in 2010 Mark moved over to internal auditing and has thrived in its greater scope to add value to clients through the provision of assurance and identification of areas for improvement.

Using his extensive experience both inside and outside higher education, Mark has a focused approach to understanding how clients operate and provides an independent assessment of controls, governance and value for money. Mark enjoys meeting new people throughout an organisation and building collaborative and effective working relationships. Audit work is undertaken in a manner that whilst minimising disruption, also ensures potential findings are shared and discussed on a ‘no surprises’ basis. Most importantly, Mark is motivated by the desire to see clients succeed and achieve sustainable futures.

Mark is proud to work with his colleagues and jointly support continuous improvement within both KCG and its clients.