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Sustainable transformation starts with trust. Strong governance, enabled by technology and AI, helps organisations navigate change with confidence.

Neil Mathur

Risk and Resilience Solution Leader; Internal Controls Transformation Leader, Ernst & Young LLP (EY UK)

Risk and internal controls transformation leader. Advocate for social mobility, inclusion and LGBT+ communities. Non-Executive Director supporting charitable causes. Technology and arts enthusiast.

Neil is the Internal Controls Transformation Leader at Ernst & Young LLP (EY UK), where he also serves as Risk and Resilience Solution Leader. He supports clients navigating regulatory, operational and technology-enabled change by advising boards, audit committees and C-suite executives on finance, internal audit, risk management and internal controls.

Neil has led multi-jurisdictional transformation programmes for FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies, helping decision-makers translate risk and control challenges into practical strategies. He works with UK and international organisations undertaking large-scale controls transformation, including companies preparing for US and UK stock exchange listings.

With more than 20 years' experience in the EY organisation, Neil works across sectors, with experience in technology, media and telecommunications, consumer products and defence.

Neil is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors. He holds a degree in Mathematics, Economics and Statistics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

How Neil is shaping the future with confidence

Neil works with organisations to modernise control environments and embed technology and AI. He helps them achieve sustainable transformation and generate long-term value with governance that is resilient, adaptable and fit for the future.

Neil is also passionate about creating opportunities for others to succeed. His commitment to social mobility is rooted in his own background. As a Non-Executive Director (NED) of St Martin-in-the-Fields, he contributes pro bono support on risk, contributing to initiatives focussed on tackling homelessness and improving social mobility

Neil is the Audit and Risk Committee Chair of the EY Foundation as well, where he helps strengthen governance and oversight of programmes that create opportunities for young people from diverse backgrounds.

He also serves as a NED of the National Eczema Society, drawing on his own lifelong experience of living with eczema and his passion for promoting skin confidence.

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