Balram is currently the Director of Quality, Risk and Assurance at BBC where his responsibilities include Internal Audit, Risk management, Safety and Security, Data Protection and Assurance of critical projects. Previously, he has worked in senior executive roles with Royal Bank of Scotland bank and ABN Amro bank covering Internal Audit and Risk management across Operations, Technology and Central functions. Prior to this he worked in KPMG for 12 years, including as Partner with responsibility for financial audits across a range of sectors.
He is also a Non-Executive Director at NHS Digital and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Balram qualified as a chartered accountant in 1988 and has over 25 years experience of risk governance including developing and implementing risk management systems, assisting organisations assess its capacity to handle risk and supporting Boards with monitoring and assessing culture, diversity and inclusion.