Audit Director/Head of Accounting

Robert has worked for the office since 2001. He leads our technical team, and has 20 years’ experience as an auditor. He is leading the Office of the Auditor-General's NZ IFRS Readiness Project, and retains responsibility for some audit clients, including the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the Government of New Zealand.

Robert previously worked for the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants on the development of the New Zealand Auditing Standards and the Institute’s Code of Ethics, for Wellington City Council as Internal Audit Manager, and as an external auditor for Deloittes. Robert spent a year on secondment to the Office of the Auditor-General as a sector manager in the Parliamentary Group, where he worked with the transport and social services select committees.