Chris has served as the lead external Audit Partner for many public and private companies and has extensive experience in auditing listed vehicles. 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 regularly attends Board and Audit & Compliance committee meetings and is able to bring real insight into the trends within the broader financial services, 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 to “simplify” their financial reports as part of the journey to “integrated reporting”. Chris also has a significant amount of acquisition due diligence experience.
SERVICE OFFERINGS THAT CHRIS HAS LED FOR CLIENTS INCLUDE:
- Financial Statement audits
- Compliance audits
- Internal audit
- Risk management framework review
- New accounting standard implementation
- Technical accounting advice and training facilitation
- Public debt raisings
- IPO
- Operating control review
- Business improvement identification and implementation
- Agreed-upon procedures
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Accounting), Sydney Australia
ACCREDITATION:
- Member, CPA Papua New Guinea
- Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand
- Registered Company Auditor