Dr. Paul Winrow
Secretary, Forum of Firms
Paul is a Partner at Forvis Mazars where he focusses on Public Policy & Regulation (both in the UK and globally) and Sustainability Reporting & Assurance. He has represented both his current and former networks at the Forum of Firms since 2017, as well as at UK and global regulatory and standard setting forums over that time.
Paul has over 30 years’ experience, with the first 20 years auditing the public and not-for-profit sectors and over a decade in technical and policy roles. He has deep understanding of audit, ethical and quality management standards, having worked on global methodology development at three top 10 networks, implemented a new global quality improvement program and has been an Ethics Partner in a UK firm.
He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. He was a charity trustee and treasurer for over ten years, an Audit Committee member at an educational institution, and a publicly elected governor of both a Hospital and a School.
In his spare time, Paul is an avid sports fan, particularly his life-long love affair with Liverpool Football Club and a shorter lived, but no less passionate, following of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. He is also a keen scientist and completed a part-time PhD in Palaeontology in 2015.
Paul is fully committed to the Forum of Firms’ public interest mission of promoting consistent, high-quality audit practices across borders to enhance trust in financial reporting and serve the global capital markets.
