Iain Lanaghan

His appointment is one of two new UKSC NEDs appointments for a three year term from 1 January 2023. It comes as Kathryn Cearns stands down after five years as a NED and chair of the audit and risk assurance committee.

Mr Lanaghan is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with KPMG. He is also an experienced chair, audit chair and non-executive director, and was a former main board finance director. He is currently a non-executive director and chair of the audit & risk committee of DE&S (Defence Equipment & Support, an agency of the Ministry of Defence), the North Sea Transition Authority (formerly the Oil & Gas Authority) and of Scottish Government-owned Scottish Water.

Previously he held these positions at the National Nuclear Laboratory. Prior to this he held a number of international private sector finance director roles, including as group finance director of FirstGroup plc and Faroe Petroleum plc, and finance director of PowerGen International and Atlantic Petroleum.

Mr Lanaghan said: “I am delighted to be joining the Supreme Court as the Lead Non-Executive Director. The Court holds a hugely important constitutional role in our society and I am honoured to able to play a role in shaping its future and its service to the public.”