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60 DIAGEO ANNUAL REPORT 2015 REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE Letter from the Chairman of the Audit Committee Dear Shareholder On behalf of the Audit Committee, I am pleased to present its report for the year ended 30 June 2015. The purpose of this report is to describe how the Committee has carried out its responsibilities during the year. In overview, the role of the Audit Committee is to monitor and review: the integrity of the company’s financial statements; internal control and risk management; audit and risk programmes; business conduct and ethics; ‘whistleblowing’; and the appointment of the external auditor. A key project undertaken by the Committee during the year was the tender for the external audit, as flagged in my report last year. The tender has been completed and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) were selected. The appointment of PwC will take effect for Diageo’s financial year ending 30 June 2016, subject to approval at the company’s September 2015 AGM. KPMG has been the group’s auditor since 1997 and, on behalf of the Audit Committee, I take this opportunity to thank KPMG for their unstinting professionalism and for the insight that they have brought and the value that they have added to the business during their tenure. The Committee took note of the publication in September 2014 of an updated version of the UK Corporate Governance Code (Code) and the requirement for a ‘viability statement’ contained therein. As stipulated, we propose to apply the requirements of the updated Code for Diageo’s year ending 30 June 2016 and we have begun the thought process and preparation to enable us to do so. Again in September 2014, the Financial Reporting Council published its ‘Guidance on Risk management, Internal Control and related Financial and Business Reporting’ (replacing the current ‘Turnbull’ and other guidance). This is