Roles and responsibilities

Paul is a well-respected commercially minded consultant, who focuses on improving business processes, control and assurance structures to enhance enterprise value.

Paul has extensive experience in conducting and managing outsourced internal audit and specialist reviews with a range of private sector, Federal and State government clients. He has significant experience in managing outsourced and co-sourced internal audit and assurance assignments and has undertaken peer reviews, risk assessments, reviews and evaluations of business processes and their associated control systems on behalf of clients.

Taking a hands-on approach in producing clear effective reporting at all levels, Paul provides value-adding recommendations that are in line with the organisation’s goals and are supported by management and accepted by staff. These assist in ensuring an increase in efficiencies and effectiveness of the delivery of client programs.

Paul's expert facilitation skills are a vital component for successfully delivering risk-based assurance services for effective risk assessment in strategy, operational, fraud and business continuity. In addition he has extensive experience in providing probity advice and audit services to a range of State and Federal government agencies.

Previous experience

Before joining Oakton Paul spent over 10 years with KPMG in the UK and Sydney. He trained as a Chartered Accounted in the UK and transferred to the Sydney office of KPMG in 1993.

Education

BSc Economics and Operational Research, University of Lancaster, UK

Chartered Accountant

Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors