John Cowling

Chair of the Finance and Employment committee

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Summary

John is an experienced chartered accountant and a former senior regional partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He specialised in audit and had a portfolio of listed, private equity and international clients involved in retail, engineering and manufacturing.  He was a member of the firm’s Northern Leadership Team and the partner responsible for the Sheffield office until his retirement.

John is currently a Non-Executive Director of Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.  He was until recently the Chair of Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, the Chair of Music in the Round and a Trustee of Sheffield Theatres Trust.

John is the Chair of the Finance and Employment Committee.

Period of office: December 2021 – July 2024