The judging panel

We are delighted to announce this year's prestigious indpendent judging panel will include:

John Coombe (Chair of the BPTA Judging Panel). Non Executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc and Home Retail Group plc, Chairman of Hogg Robinson Group plc. (Formerly Chief Financial Officer of GlaxoSmithKline plc.)

Baroness Denise Kingsmill CBE. Former Deputy Chair of the Competition Commission, Non Executive Director of British Airways plc.

Professor Sir Andrew Likierman. Dean of the London Business School. He is also Non Executive Chairman of the National Audit Office and a Non Executive Director of Barclays Bank plc.

Andrew Baigent, Director General, Financial Audit, National Audit Office.

Anita Skipper. Corporate Governance Director at Aviva Investors and on the Board of Governors at the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN).

Charles Tilley. Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Non Executive Director of Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Ipswich Building Society. (Formerly Group Finance Director with Hambros plc and a partner at KPMG.)

Mark Wade. Corporate Advisor – Sustainability and Value Creation. (Formerly Head of Sustainable Development Strategy, Policy and Reporting, Royal Dutch/Shell plc.)

Michael Izza. Chief Executive, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.

Philippa Foster Back OBE. Director, Institute of Business Ethics.

Roger Adams. Executive Director – Policy, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.