Richard Brown

Richard Brown joined the Board of Trustees at Action for Children in November 2026, and chairs our Audit & Risk Committee.

Richard was the first of his extended family to attend university, where he read Mathematics at Warwick and subsequently qualified as a chartered accountant.

He then spent 39 years with accounting firm EY in a variety of roles.

He held Global, European and UK leadership roles at EY specialising in IT governance, risk, cyber, AI and transformation, and was a Partner at EY from 2000 until 2026. He has now joined Belron International as their Global Head of IT Controls and Assurance.

Richard has also been a trustee for nearly 15 years at Chelmsford County High School for Girls where he currently is Chair of the Finance Committee and on the Management Committee.

Richard’s interests include golf, watching sport (particularly football and cricket), running (including the 2027 London Marathon representing Action for Children), travel and scuba diving.