Head to Head with Maureen Beresford, Director (Financial Reporting Council)

Our CEO, Jo Causon will be meeting with Maureen Beresford, Director at Financial Reporting Council, as part of our Head to Head series to discuss leadership and challenges faced.

Maureen was a civil servant for over 20 years, mostly within the different guises of the Department of business and Trade (DBT), her last position being Deputy Director Company Law and Reporting. During this time, she was responsible for leading a team considering policy initiatives, implementation considerations and supporting Ministers on legislative change. She was also involved in EU negotiations and UK implementation.

In 2017 Maureen moved on secondment to the Financial Reporting Council, working on the review of the UK Corporate Governance Code, followed by working alongside Sir James Wates and a Coalition Group of Stakeholders to introduction of the Wates Principles for Large Private Companies. In 2020 Maureen was appointed Head of Corporate Governance at the FRC and led the review of the Corporate Governance Code resulting in the new Corporate Governance Code 2024. Maureen was also instrumental in introducing assessments of reporting against the Governance Code, and now the FRC issues its ‘Annual Review of Corporate Governance’ in the Autumn each year. In 2024 Maureen was appointed Acting Director, Corporate Governance and Stewardship. In 2025 Maureen was appointed the full time Director of Corporate Governance and Stewardship following the review of the Stewardship Code.