Tom McDonald is currently a Director at the UK National Audit Office, where he is responsible for leading value for money audit work on defence and cyber security expenditure. He has worked at the NAO since 2001 and has focused his career on the defence and international sectors, directing a wide range of value for money reports in these areas. Between 2010 and 2013 he was seconded to the Department for International Development to establish and run the Independent Commission for Aid Impact. He has degrees in modern languages, international relations and management from Bristol University and Ashridge Business School and is a fellow of the Centre for Science and Policy at Cambridge University.