Meet our founder

Charles Shannon is a highly driven individual and is considered among the leading experts for research funding assurance and compliance in the UK. He has held various assurance and compliance roles at leading institutions, including the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. 

He specialises in funder audits, compliance, assurance, risk management and due diligence. He supports funded organisations by ensuring they have the necessary systems, policies, procedures, governance, and strategies in place to adhere to funders' terms, conditions, and policy statements. He has worked with, coordinated and project managed a variety of projects and funder audits.  

Charles also consults with various funding organisations, discussing the practical implications and feasibility of implementing new policies, procedures, or assurance requirements. He has also trained funding organisations, monitoring officers, academics, and other administrative staff on various assurance aspects. Charles has also supported and project-managed the implementation of research systems within organisations. 

He is a member of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA) and in this capacity, chairs the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Audit and Compliance. He is also a member of NCURA and is on the Education Scholarship fund committee. As a member of EARMA, he mentors colleagues undertaking courses offered by the organisation. 

Charles has presented at several conferences including NCURA, ARMA and Worktribe.