Amyas Morse, Baron Morse
The Lord Morse | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2021 Life Peerage | |
| Comptroller and Auditor General | |
| In office 2009–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sir John Bourn |
| Succeeded by | Gareth Davies |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Crossbench |
Amyas Charles Edward Morse, Baron Morse KCB (born 1949)[1] is a Scottish auditor who, between 2009 and 2019, was the Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office, an independent Parliamentary body.[2][3][4]
Born in Glasgow,[1] Morse led the Coopers and Lybrand practice in Scotland before moving to London to manage the London City Office, subsequently becoming executive partner of Coopers and Lybrand UK. He was a global managing partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers before he was named Comptroller and Auditor General, succeeding Sir John Bourn.[2]
Affiliations
Honours
Morse was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to parliament and public sector audit.[5][4]
On 24 February 2021, it was announced that he had been recommended for a life peerage by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.[6] He was created Baron Morse, of Aldeburgh in the County of Suffolk on 26 March 2021.
References
- ^ a b "Statutory registers - Births". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
- ^ a b "Former PwC partner appointed new National Audit Office chief". Accountancy Age. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "NAO Board and Leadership Team". National Audit Office. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Birthday Honours lists 2014". gov.uk. Honours. HM Government. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b3.
- ^ "Two new non-party-political peers – House of Lords Appointments Commission" (PDF). Retrieved 24 February 2021.