Chris is an experienced Audit Partner with over 18 years providing external and internal audit and risk advisory services to clients in banking, investment and funds management, REITs, property development, construction, hospitality, government grants and engineering sectors, across Papua New Guinea, Australia and the United States.
Chris has served as the lead external Audit Partner for many public and private companies. He has coordinated with international KPMG offices in serving multi-national clients. He has successfully assisted companies to manage the requirements of group reporting, consolidation and coordinated large global audit engagements. Chris is responsible for the ultimate delivery of an audit from extensive planning and direction of an engagement through to identification and resolution of risks and issues. He also has experience with regulatory audits (including Compliance Plans, AFSL and Controls reporting).
He is currently the National Risk Management Partner for Papua New Guinea and liaison for Australia and the South Pacific, responsible for risk and regulatory matters as well as broader commercial and business risks associated with the Firm’s growth strategy as well as advising clients on corporate governance frameworks and compliance requirements.
He has extensive experience working with Boards and Audit & Risk committees, particularly during times of change and restructuring, and is able to bring real insight into the trends within the broader financial services and real estate markets as well as governance matters.
In addition to audits, Chris has also worked on numerous capital markets transactions, including Initial Public Offerings, public debt raising and assisted several companies as part of the journey to “integrated reporting”. Chris also has a significant amount of acquisition due diligence experience.