Louis Cooper

Louis is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (‘ICAEW’) and a member of the Institute of Risk Management (‘IRM’) the Institute of Internal Auditors (‘IIA’). He has over 30 years’ experience in governance, risk and assurance services and in public practice has worked for all of the ‘Big 4’ Accounting firms. As well as a focus on risk management consulting he also specialised in entrepreneurial services for growth companies. He is one of the co-founders of the Non-Executive Directors’ Association (‘NEDA’) and was CEO of NEDA for ten years, until April 2024, where he developed and led the NED and board training, education and advisory services. He now runs his own professional services practice, Risk & Control Services, working in partnership with organisations such as the ICAEW and CIPFA, providing training and education to board directors; the IRM, running both ‘Risk in the Boardroom’ training and also company specific risk management advice and support; and WB Directors undertaking independent Board Performance and Effectiveness Reviews across a range of sectors, for both small and large enterprises. Louis currently acts as Board Advisor to the Cayman Islands Financial Services Institute and has been a Non-Executive Director and Board member of two UK quoted Investment Trusts and an AIM-listed European Oil and Gas company.