Alan is Chief Executive at KCG Audit, a position held for eight years. A qualified accountant, Alan specialises in leadership and strategy. Alan is passionate about growth, and furthering development and improvement; qualities that led Alan to internal auditing.

Prior to joining KCG, Alan held roles at Grant Thornton and Robson Rhodes, where his clients included higher education and other not-for-profit organisations, and Central Government, industry regulators and accounting bodies. Alan’s career path led him to KCG with a remit to grow and expand the business and team.

Alan is motivated by having the space to be innovative and bring new ideas into play to future-proof KCG which has seen rapid growth in the past seven years.

Alan’s leadership style is to lead by example, motivating the KCG team to realise their potential to empower institutions we work with to navigate regulation and auditing controls with ease. In this way, KCG has emerged as a leading contender in the field of internal auditing in the HE sector.

Alan is at his best when demonstrating how KCG has improved a situation and enabled a successful outcome and energized by writing audit reports that are packed full of value.

In his spare time (though he is not always able to completely switch off!), Alan enjoys long walks with his Labrador Bella and is quite the chef, recreating MasterChef-worthy dishes at weekends.

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.

David is a Senior Manager and our Corporate Governance and Data Analytics lead, an experienced auditor with 19 years of experience in both the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. David won a European scholarship and graduated with a MA in Banking and Finance in 2003 from the University of Wales, Bangor. David established an internal audit function within a mid-tier accountancy practice in East Anglia prior to joining KCG. David’s portfolio ranges from small specialist institutions to traditional multi-faculty universities.   

David has worked with several central government departments, membership organisations and a variety of charities advising on their corporate governance structures and risk and financial control frameworks.  Through his experience outside of the higher education sector, David brings an alternative perspective from a variety of sectors and tailors any recommendations accordingly.   

David is driven by understanding how things work by dissecting issues and challenges and putting them back together. The key to David’s approach is to provide independent assurance that an organisation's risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively.  

David integrates seamlessly into institutions teams with reassurance that we are a trusted partner working together to identify gaps and opportunities. David is motivated by the variety of work and people he works with as no 2 days are ever the same, and he is energised by continually learning and progressing his skill set. David is a people person, he brings charm, professionalism and humour to understand how you work at your best to develop an open and transparent working relationship.  

David has many interests outside of work that include playing piano, violin and the church organ. In addition, David is teaching himself to play the guitar and saxophone. David enjoys cooking, particularly Chinese and Indian food, but is a self-confessed control freak in the kitchen! David also undertakes voluntary work teaching swimming to disabled children. 

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.