The purpose of the Audit and Probity Committee is to oversee CIMSPA’s risk management, ensuring exemplar governance, financial reporting and internal controls can inform CIMSPA’s strategic decision-making and that risk is effectively controlled and managed.
The Board of Trustees delegates authority to the Audit and Probity Committee to undertake work relating to the adequacy of CIMSPA’s risk management, governance, financial reporting and internal controls.
Committee’s role
- Promote processes and behaviours which exemplify the Nolan Principles and CIMSPA’s values.
- Monitor the effectiveness of CIMSPA’s governance, risk management and internal controls processes, challenging this effectiveness where appropriate and making recommendations for improvement.
- Ensure that CIMSPA’s internal and external audit processes are fit for purpose and that findings are actioned appropriately.
- Maintain oversight of the organisation’s significant risks and their mitigations (including budgetary risk), ensuring that these risks are identified and managed and that the Board of Trustees receives timely reports, particularly where risk to the organisation’s role and status is considered to be very high.
- Review CIMSPA’s financial performance, satisfying itself that CIMSPA’s long-term financial forecasts and annual budgets are realistic and adhered to, and that the statutory accounts are an accurate reflection of the organisation’s financial situation.
- Monitor CIMSPA’s financial management processes to ensure that they provide sufficient protection for the organisation, including but not limited to the management accounts and the range of policies covering financial matters.
- Provide information and recommendations on the above to the Board of Trustees to allow the Board to fulfil its responsibilities.
Committee members
Chair
Adrian Gaveglia
Adrian is a chief finance officer who specialises in scaling growth businesses across the consumer, technology and media sectors.
With over 20 years’ experience in finance, he is currently advising several fast-growth businesses on their funding, growth strategies and business planning.
Adrian is keen to bring this experience to support CIMSPA’s growth plans and help implement its ambitious plans for its Training Academy.
Additional responsibilities with CIMSPA
- Treasurer
- Appointed CIMSPA Board Trustee
Members
Dr Jon Argent FCIMSPA (Chartered) 
Dr Jon Argent is a multi-skilled strategic leader with a comprehensive track record in the sport, physical activity, leisure, and wellbeing sector. Jon has specific knowledge and expertise in corporate governance, service transformation and strategic partnership development.
He is Chair of the Sport England Moving Communities Board and supports a number of individuals and organisations as a coach/mentor, in addition to being a part-time university lecturer.
Jon holds a doctorate in business administration, an MBA and is a Chartered Fellow of CIMSPA.
Paul Neale
Paul Neale is a chartered accountant and risk specialist, having spent 34 years in the City of London with companies including KPMG, NatWest Markets, JP Morgan, Macquarie Bank, RBS and Mizuho Financial Group. During his career he has led audit, financial control, project management and non-financial risk teams. Most recently he led a Risk Management department with responsibility for ensuring the organisation had an effective framework for identifying, assessing, managing and monitoring its risks.
Paul retired from full-time work in 2024 to spend more time with his family, to support charities, volunteering, learning new skills and indulging in his love of travel, walking and sport as a keen endurance cyclist, runner, pickleball player, skier, and (very amateur) golfer.
Paul has been a member of CIMSPA’s Audit and Probity Committee since April 2019 and a CIMSPA trustee since September 2025. He is also a Trustee and Treasurer of a small charity, Reverence for Life UK.
Additional responsibilities with CIMSPA
- Appointed CIMSPA Board Trustee
Rowland Omamor MCIMSPA
Rowland Omamor is the Managing Director of Lampton Leisure, Lampton Recycle and Lampton Greenspace. With over 25 years in senior leadership roles, he drives strategic growth, operational efficiency, and community-focused services.
Passionate about health, sustainability, and innovation, Rowland transforms organisations to deliver exceptional outcomes for residents and stakeholders across the London Borough of Hounslow.
Anna Smy
Anna has over 20 years of Regulatory Services experience with the public sector and is a member of the Institute of Regulation. She is keen to bring her knowledge of regulatory frameworks and risk management to the committee.
Her current role as Data and Performance Manager at Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue provides further insight in supporting the ethos of CIMSPA as an organisation, using data and intelligence to drive standards in the sector.
She is a member of the Emmbrook and Bearwood Cricket Club Committee and the Girls Section Manager, helping develop the club, girls cricket and mentorship.
