Michael O'Higgins became Chairman of the Audit Commission in October 2006. For the previous ten years, Michael was a Managing Partner with PA Consulting, leading its Government and IT Consulting Groups, latterly as a member of its International Board.

He was previously a partner at Price Waterhouse, worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris and held academic posts at the University of Bath, the London School of Economics, Harvard University and the Australian National University. He is also currently the Chair of Centrepoint, having been on the Board of Trustees since 2002, and became a Trustee of the National Centre for Social Research early in 2007.

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