Peter Farrow

Peter Farrow is the head of audit, delivering internal audit, counter-fraud and risk management for a number of public sector organisations including Sandwell Council and the West Midlands Fire Service.

He has also previously held the head of audit role for the City of Wolverhampton Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority. He is a qualified accountant, and an Executive Board member and Treasurer for the National Anti-Fraud Network. Peter has also been a governor and the chair of an Audit Committee for a sixth form college. Prior to his present position, he spent a number of years with an accountancy firm delivering internal audit within the education sector. Peter, is a regular speaker on audit matters for a number of organisations, including CIPFA and the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA), and has had two articles on emerging audit issues published by the CIIA. Peter is the Chair of the Trust’s the Audit and Risk Committee, he plays a key role in ensuring that the Trust’s risk framework is fit for purpose and provides challenges of our external audit partners