Giles Adams

Giles Adams recently retired as a Partner at KPMG UK having worked on financial services regulation in the Enterprise Risk Advisory practice for the last 25 years. He advised a wide range of UK and international banks and investment firms on both prudential and non-financial risk management issues, regulatory compliance and governance matters. Before joining KPMG he worked for 12 years as a bank and markets regulator at the Bank of England.

Giles read English, Politics and History of Art at the University of York followed by a Master’s degree in History of Art from the University of Sussex.

Giles has been a Trustee of Historic Buildings and Places (one of the nine National Amenity Societies consulted on all Listed Building Consents) since 2018. Giles is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Currently Chair of the Investment Committee, and member of the Audit, Capital Portfolio, and Digital Portfolio Committees.

Appointed on 2 October 2023. First 4-year term expires on 1 October 2027.