UN International Procurement Seminar 2025

11–12 Mar 2025 | Copenhagen, Denmark

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Philip Allum

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Moore Kingston Smith

London, United Kingdom

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Specialist professional within international donor funding and has delivered over 500 assurance assignments for major donors including the EC and UN agencies.

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Moore Kingston Smith

Moore Kingston Smith

Company

London, United Kingdom

At Moore Kingston Smith, we believe in the potential of people to make a positive impact, fuelled by the power of genuine understanding. Moore Kingston Smith is a professional services firm and part of the Moore Global Network, operating in over 114 countries. Supporting a diverse range of clients, we are a multi-disciplinary advisory, tax and audit firm with expertise across multiple sectors, uniquely positioned to help people realise their ambitions. Our teams deliver quality results locally and internationally as part of the Moore Global network. Moore Kingston Smith has recently established a dedicated donor funded services team which will be in a position to deliver a wide range of assurance and advisory based services to the United Nations and Development Banks. Our core offerings will include audit (financial and internal/systems), due diligence & advisory work including forensic and sustainability offerings. Through respect, collaboration and active listening, understanding is at the heart of everything we do with our clients, colleagues and communities. We value people and projects that promote positive change for the future.
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About me

A specialist professional within international donor funding and has overseen a global network of offices to deliver over 500 assurance assignments for clients including major international donors such as the European Commission (specifically DG ECHO, DG INTPA and DG NEAR), United Nations agencies including UNOPS, UNICEF, UNDP, and UNFPA, the Global Fund and Government agencies including FCDO and GiZ and several international charities.

I have specific experience in auditing Research, Technological Development and Innovation grants through Innovate UK and the European Commission’s FP6 and FP7 frameworks.

 After initially qualifying as an auditor specialising in the nonprofit sector, he has held financial management roles in leading international NGOs including as the finance and contract lead for a consortium delivering a multi-million-pound FCDO contract and in a business partner capacity advising fundraising and programme teams.

I am a Fellow of the ICAEW and is recognised for his technical expertise and has significant hands-on experience of managing and leading grant audits in the field. Furthermore I am a certified fraud examiner and have undertaken a number of international assignments.

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Skills

  • Grant Audit
  • Forensic Audit & Investigations
  • International development
  • Financial Management
  • Internal Controls
  • humanitarian
  • HACT

Interests

  • Institutional Donors
  • United Nations Agencies
  • development banks
  • Advisory services in Donor space
  • Humanitarian response