IIA-Australia Volunteering

Chapter Councils and Special Interest Groups

Connect, contribute and lead

Get involved with IIA-Australia

Chapter Councils and Special Interest Groups bring members together to strengthen local communities and advance the profession.

Connect with peers, contribute your experience and help shape the programs, activities and professional conversations that matter to internal audit and assurance practitioners.

Member-led communities
Local connection.
National impact.

Volunteer alongside practitioners helping shape the future of internal audit in Australia.

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Chapter Councils
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Operating Special Interest Groups
Member-led
Shaped by volunteers
Profession-focused
Creating value and public impact
Find your community

Choose how you get involved

Engage locally through your Chapter Council or connect nationally through a specialist community focused on an important area of the profession.

Local member communities

IIA-Australia Chapter Councils

IIA-Australia Chapters provide a local community for members across Australia. Each Chapter has a volunteer Council that helps shape local programs, activities and member engagement.

Connect locally and shape member programs
Specialist member communities

Special Interest Groups

IIA-Australia is developing member-led Special Interest Groups that bring specialists together to deliver valuable contributions to the profession and in the public interest.

Working Group
Advocacy Advisory Working Group
Working Group
AI Working Group
Collaborate on issues shaping the profession
Expressions of interest

Join the AI Working Group

Contribute to the profession’s understanding and practical use of artificial intelligence across internal audit, governance, risk and assurance.

Members with relevant experience, practical insights or a strong interest in AI are encouraged to express their interest. Please include your role, organisation, membership number and areas of experience or interest.

Get involved
Share your expertise and help shape practical guidance for the profession.
Email your expression of interest
Meet our volunteers

IIA-Australia Chapter Councillors

Meet the volunteers helping shape local activities, professional development and member engagement across Australia.

Chapter Council

ACT

Chair: Chris Puschak PFIIA CGAP CIA CRMA

Vice-Chair: Karim Mosaad AMIIA

Council members
  • Stephen Calder PMIIA GradCertIA
  • Russell Eade PFIIA, CGAP, CIA, CRMA
  • Paul Fitzsimons PMIIA CIA
  • Brendan Gaudry AMIIA
  • Josie Lopez PMIIA CIA
  • Donna McShane PMIIA CIA CRMA
  • Jonathan Mueller PMIIA GradCertIA
  • Rachel Palmer PMIIA
  • Hayley Tonkin AMIIA
Chapter Council

New South Wales

Chair: Faiza Khan PMIIA CIA

Vice-Chair: Marcelo Pinheiro de Olivera PMIIA CIA

Vice-Chair: Carolyn Rosetta-Walsh PMIIA CIA

Council members
  • Shane Campbell PMIIA CIA
  • Edalin Cahanding PMIIA CIA CRMA CPA CFE CAMS
  • Jessica Champion AMIIA CA
  • Masimba Mashumba AMIIA
  • Charlie Puddicombe PMIIA CIA
  • Michael Saniel PFIIA CIA CRMA CISA
  • Kumar Srinivasan
  • Rich Turley AMIIA
  • Vincent Verlinde PMIIA GradCertIA
  • Alyssa Yoong PFIIA CIA CRMA
Chapter Council

Queensland

Chair: Christopher Park PFIIA CIA

Vice-Chair: Jacqui Wix PMIIA GradCertIA

Council members
  • Lisa Berriman PMIIA CIA
  • Vivek Chopra AMIIA
  • Petrova Cox PMIIA GradCertIA
  • Andrew Dacombe PMIIA
  • Gary Ganesh Sivaji PMIIA CGAP CIA
  • Peter McLeod PMIIA GradCertIA CPA
  • Isaac Razunguzwa PMIIA CIA
  • Edison Siregar PMIIA CIA CPA CISA
  • Jackson White AMIIA
Chapter Council

South Australia

Chair: Phillip Reichelt PFIIA, CCSA, CIA, CRMA

Vice-Chair: Libby Skrpan PMIIA

Council members
  • Tom Bennett AMIIA
  • Janna Burnham AMIIA
  • Suhara Gunawardena PMIIA CIA
  • Sarah Hill AMIIA CA
  • Nick Kazimierczak AMIIA
  • Hussain Rafeeu PMIIA CIA
  • Laura-Alice Vinicombe AMIIA
Chapter Council

Victoria

Chair: Raghed Madi PMIIA CIA

Vice-Chair: Jessica Le Vivier PMIIA

Council members
  • Andy Botchwey PMIIA CIA
  • Kevin Ekendahl AMIIA
  • Aiman Khan PMIIA CIA CRMA
  • John Loielo PMIIA CIA
  • Josh O’Brien PMIIA GradCertIA
  • Paulina Skorupski AMIIA
  • Kemp Vinson PMIIA CIA
Chapter Council

Western Australia

Chair: Stuart Blakemore PMIIA CIA QIAL

Vice Chair: Andrew Baldwin PMIIA

Council members
  • Brad Pearce PMIIA
  • Kate Bethell PMIIA GAICD RMIA
  • Wian Boshoff PMIIA CIA
  • Will Parada-Ayala PMIIA CIA CRMA CPA
  • Jacques Pienaar PMIIA CIA
  • Yvonne Small PMIIA
  • Eugene Whitehorn PMIIA CIA CCSA CRMA CFSA
  • Yulia Wood PMIIA
Chapter Council resource

Learn more about Chapter Councils

Download the IIA-Australia Chapter Council Guide for further information about Council responsibilities, participation and governance.

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