Todd Davies
Risk and Assurance Strategy & Innovation

Todd is one of the region’s pre-eminent thought leaders and innovators in governance, risk and assurance. He works closely with Australia’s leading companies to define and implement world’s best practice. He is a serial innovator and his work has helped reshape these disciplines in Australia and around the world.

Ralph Crook
Project Execution / GRC Systems Innovation

Ralph has worked with Todd over many years in project execution. Ralph has led major internal audit programmes with some of Australia’s leading companies including Caltex, Fairfax Media, OneSteel, Mirvac, Xtrata and the Intercontinental Group. He is also a pioneer in Australia of CSA 2.0.

Timothy Ong
Project Execution / CAE and CRO Locum

Tim is a seasoned leader of risk and assurance functions. Tim has been the Chief Audit Executive of Perpetual and Downer EDI, establishing these functions from the ground up. Additionally, Tim has an operational background in offshoring and outsourcing programs and practical experience in broad-based business improvement and operational risk management. Tim leads our interim executive practice.

Dominic Soh
Research Assistant

Dominic  has worked with Todd over many years in the research area. As an Associate Lecturer at Macquarie University and former Associate Lecturer at University of Sydney, Todd and Dominic regularly collaborate on research on leading practices in internal audit and risk assurance.

Susan Pattison
Logistics

Sue makes sure the team is functioning at high efficiency and in the right place at the right time.  She also keeps the wheels on when the team are knee deep in client projects and at client sites.

EXPERT PANEL

Justin Davies (Emergination, Perth)
High impact communications / Change Management

Justin is the Managing Director of Emergination. Justin has a strong background in branding, communications and web innovation. We work with Justin when we need to make sure our communications and change management efforts are highly effective in our assurance transformation projects.

Michael Fogel (Chicago)
International Expert – Risk Strategy

A strategist by background, Mike and Todd worked together to redefine how internal audit is delivered by the Big 4. The impacts of this work have rippled around the world and 10+ years later have become industry standard for how internal audit should be delivered. Mike also was responsible for big 4 methodologies which taught external auditors to understand the business rather than just audit transactions.  We work with Mike when we want to operationalise leading thinking in risk assurance.

Paul Houghton (Perth)
Digital strategy and applied research – knowledge and learning systems

Paul  is an expert in online knowledge and learning systems. We work with Paul at the design stage of technology projects when we want to ensure that leading thinking in online environments and collaboration is applied.

Larry Quick (Resilient Futures, Melbourne)
International expert – strategy, emerging conditions, futurecasting and strategic risk

Larry is the founder of Resilient Futures. He is an experienced strategist with an uncanny ability to help others foresee structural changes and strategic risks. We work with Larry to make sure our thinking is ahead of the curve, and when we want 10+ year foresight on emerging conditions and strategic risk.  We also work closely with Larry on risk foresight and strategic risk capability.

Tim Leech (Risk Oversight, Canada)
International expert – coordinated assurance and risk governance

Tim Leech is one of the leading thinkers in risk assurance globally.  Tim was one of the founders of control self assessment and continues to be prolific in changing the way that most people think about risk and control assurance globally.  We work with Tim when we really want to shake up people’s thinking about what’s possible in these areas and understand leading practices globally.