Leader of the firm's Assurance practice for Eurasia covering territories from Mongolia in the East through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia in the West.As part of that role I was a member of the Assurance Management Group for PwC in Central & Eastern Europe covering 29 territories including Russia, the Baltics and Eastern and Southern Europe.My largest client in Kazakhstan was a mining company employing 80,000 people with operations in South Africa and Brazil in addition to Kazakhstan. Until late 2013 the client was listed on the London Stock Exchange where it was ranked at around number 30.I also led a major corporate governance project for the Kazakhstan government. Lasting two years, our brief was to upgrade the Corporate Governance Code applicable to State owned companies, provide awareness raising and training to directors and senior management at the companies and to evaluate the extent to which the companies' current practices complied with the new Code.The State owned companies covered by the work account for around 60% of Kazakhstan's GDP including a number of mining groups, the country's largest oil company, its railway owner and operator, its electricity producer and distributor, and the national airline.

Led the audits of many of PwC Adelaide’s listed clients and its other large and complex corporate, including:• Adelaide Brighton, a cement and lime producer and an ASX top 150 company• ABB Grain, a grain storage and trading company and an ASX top 150 company until it was acquired in late 2009• Argo Investments, Australia’s approximately 70th largest company• Australian Executor Trustees, a wealth management company and PwC Adelaide largest client until AETs merger with IOOF in 2009• Envestra, a gas distributor and an ASX listed entity• WorkCover, the entity established by the South Australian Government to insure the State’s workforce for workplace injury• Mitsubishi Motors Australia – an importer, manufacturer and distributor of motor vehicles.Between 2002 and 2011 I led all the PwC Adelaide office’s external audits in the financial services sector. I was also leader of the Assurance practice in PwC Adelaide for four years and Risk Management partner throughout the period 2002 -2011 where I was highly respected by my fellow partners.

In Jakarta I led the firm’s financial services practice then comprising approximately 100 partners and staff across all lines of services working full time in the sector. For AIG I led due diligence upon Lippo Life, Indonesia’s’ largest life insurer, and audited the company after AIG acquired it.I also led the audits of many Indonesian JVs and branches of global banks, including Bank of America, Credit Agricole, ANZ, HSBC and Singapore’s largest bank, DBS. My secondment in Jakarta coincided with the Asian economic crisis. Many Asian banks defaulted and required support of governments. As a result, I led a number of investigations into the financial condition of banks on behalf of the World Bank, the IMF, the Asia Development Bank and Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank.

In Singapore, I led the audits of many regional head offices of global corporates, based mostly in the US and Europe, including publisher Pearson plc, United Technology Corporate and business units of Swire and Jardine. I also led the audit of Osprey Maritime, a locally listed shipping company.

Admitted as a partner of PwC Australian firm in 1988. My principal client at this time was Elders. This was at the time of its separation from Foster’s Brewing Group. I led the team that helped Elders with the separation. I signed the Investigating Accountant’s Report included in the prospectus and helped Elders with accounting and governance matters as it re-established itself as a stand-alone listed entity.

Employed direct from university and was admitted as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1980.For the first five years of my career, I worked on a variety of clients, many of which were large, well known corporates including Barclay’s Bank plc, then the UK’s largest bank and Legal & General Insurance, then amongst the country’s largest general insurers.I undertook a secondment to Adelaide, Australia in 1981 returning to London in 1983. Upon my return to the UK I worked for six months full time as Financial Controller of PW World Firm causing me to have frequent interaction with the World Firm Chairman. I later returned to the audit practice as manager of audits including Guinness plc and Sears plc, owner of Selfridges store and a number of national retail chains.