Ian Murray

Iain is CIPFA’s Director of Public Financial Management and has over 20 years’ experience of working with the public sector. Having joined District Audit as a graduate trainee in 2002 Iain moved his way up to manager at the Audit Commission before joining Grant Thornton in 2012 where he progressed to director and became a key audit partner.

He is CIPFA qualified and has a BA (Hons) in History from Cardiff University. Working with the public sector has always been a deliberate choice, during his career Iain has worked with local government, NHS and police bodies of varying size and complexity in both an audit and advisory capacity. He is well versed in public finance and public services. At CIPFA Iain leads the teams in the key areas of policy, technical and standard setting.