John Chesshire, QIAL, CRMA, CIA, CISA

John has over 26 years’ experience working in the internal audit, risk management, business improvement and governance fields. John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA) in the UK, an Independent Internal Audit Committee Chair, and a member of three other Audit Committees in the international charity, defence and local government sectors. He was Head of Internal Audit and then Chief Assurance Officer for the States of Guernsey until the start of 2021. 

John continues as a practising internal auditor (and not just a trainer or talking head!) and currently works flexibly as The Internal Auditor for an international credit ratings agency. Amongst his many other international and UK roles.

He has delivered numerous well-received courses for the CIIA, as well as to many other global Institutes of Internal Auditors. At the last count he regularly works with 19 different IIAs. John’s other recent clients include FTSE listed companies, multinationals, financial services, central and local government, law enforcement, charities, professional services companies, and international organisations such as the OECD, the ACCA, NATO and UN Agencies. 

He is the Chief Examiner, Chief Chartered by Experience Assessor and EQA reviewer for the CIIA and has been a visiting lecturer in the Governance and Assurance Hub at Birmingham City University. 

John loves internal audit, is an enthusiastic advocate for the internal audit profession, and particularly enjoys working in new and emerging areas of internal audit and assurance interest.