James Walsh

I am Head of Assurance in BDO's International Institutions and Donor Assurance (IIDA) team.

As IIDA's partner with overall responsibility for Quality & Risk, I oversee tailored professional services for our clients that generate trust and confidence in the transparency and usefulness of information provided to global donors and international institutions. Our team excels across all areas of assurance services, including Audit, Certification, Digital, ESG, Review and Verification.

Since 2002, I have been wholly dedicated to serving the needs of organisations that depend on public funds to achieve their purposes internationally. All organisations handling public money are accountable to the authorities that oversee their funds. I help them to achieve this.

I lead the development of our assurance services to international and supranational organisations around the world. My ability to communicate in English, French and German has proved helpful when providing market-leading guidance to my international clients all over the world and my role as Country Coordinating Officer between BDO UK and BDO France.

I have served the United Nations, EU institutions, Council of Europe, UK Central Government, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as well as a wide range of Non-Governmental Organisations.

I have led multilingual and multicultural teams globally to deliver over 1,000 engagements in over 100 countries. In addition, I have designed and delivered training courses, methodologies and guidance material for Supreme Audit Institutions, Supranational Organisations and Intragovernmental Organisations. I have also developed and delivered training courses for recipients of grant funding globally, ensuring they are equipped to meet donors' requirements worldwide.

I act as an intercompany mentor under the Mission Include programme, which is designed to directly support under-represented talent.