He recently retired as director of Internal Audit at HM Revenue and Customs where he headed a 120-strong internal audit team reporting to the chief executive and chaired the government departments' Head of Internal Audit Group. During his full-time career he has worked in local government and the private sector (Unigate Dairies, TSB and Lloyds) as well as NHS Logistics. Melvyn holds two accounting qualifications and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors. Melvyn served in 2010-11 as President of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors and currently sits on their Audit Committee.