Presenter Profiles
Dr Len Gainsford MIIA (Aust)
Director, Audit and AssuranceDepartment of Transport
Dr Len Gainsford has spent many years as a practitioner in the areas of internal audit, independent assurance over risk management processes, compliance programs and the operation of internal controls.
He is presently Director Audit and Assurance at the Department of Transport in Victoria and has occupied this position as a direct report to the Secretary since escaping from chartered accounting in 2005.
Len is also Chair of the Victorian Government’s Public Transport Safety Victoria Audit Committee, and Chair of the Department of Transport’s Information Security Governance Committee.
He is an accredited External Quality Reviewer with the IIA and has recently been part of an IIA team reviewing the Department of Human Services, Canberra.
In his spare time, Len is adjunct Research Fellow at the Centre for Enterprise Performance within Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Victoria. He is a member of the IIA’s Education Committee and a co-Editor of the forthcoming IIA Australia Journal.
Len was the foundation editor of Compliance & Regulatory Journal, for which he received the award of 2009 Honorary Fellow – Honourable Mention from the Australasian Compliance Institute.
He is also the author of a number of professional and academic journal articles and the recent CCH book Closing Compliance Gaps.
Linda Chander
DirectorEnskills Learning & Development
Linda Chander develops and delivers training programmes in the areas of Business Communications, Management Effectiveness, Leadership and Personal Development. Through her training consultancy, Enskills Learning & Development, she has added value to many organisations both in Australia and overseas, including KPMG, Deutsche Bank , AOL Bangalore, India, and Thomvell International, Malaysia. Her tailored training solutions reflect her understanding for targeted, comprehensive training solutions for busy work groups who need to make training timely and practical.
Linda has worked with the Institute of Internal Auditors developing and delivering soft skills training to Institute members for several years.
Since its establishment in 2002, Enskills Learning & Development has been a preferred provider of training services to Medicare Australia, the Australian Institute of Management , The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales.
Michael Parkinson
Director, GovernmentKPMG
Michael Parkinson CIA CISA is an internal auditor of more than 20 years experience. After 10 years in Information Technology and Government Finance he became an IT internal auditor in the early 1980s. He has worked as a government internal auditor for the last 20 years; the last 10 years as a service provider. Whilst working as a government employee he was the Chief Audit Executive of three different government agencies. Michael is currently a Director in the government services practice of KPMG Canberra.
Michael joined the Board of the Institute of Internal Auditors - Australia (IIA-Australia) in 1996, was elected Vice-President in 1998 and became National President of IIA-Australia in 1999, serving until 2001. He continued to serve on the Board of IIA-Australia until 2005. From 2001 until 2004, Michael worked as the Host Committee chair for the IIA International Conference held in Sydney in 2004 and served on the International Conference Committee during that period. Michael was the Australian nominee Director on the Board of IIA Global in 2008-2009 and is currently the International Secretary of IIA Global.
In 2005, Michael joined the IIA Global International Relations Committee and was appointed its chair in May 2007.
During 1994-97 and 2000-01 Michael represented Australia and New Zealand as the International Vice-President of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) During 2003-2006 he also served as the Chair of the ISACA International Education Board.
Michael has been the prime motivator and coordinator of a number of technical publications issued by IIA Australia and recently worked with the Global Vision Taskforce to revise the Professional Practices Framework. He currently serves on the Standards Australia OB-007 Risk Management Committee.
In 2007 he was presented with the Bob McDonald Award for contribution to the profession.
He served as the Honorary Secretary of the Asian Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditors for 2006-07 and as President of ACIIA from September 2007 to November 2008.
Sally-Anne Pitt CIA CGAP MIIA(Aust)
Manager Quality Services IIA and Director Pitt GroupPitt Group Pty Ltd & Manager Consulting and Quality Services IIA-Australia
Sally-Anne Pitt is the Director of Pitt Group Pty Ltd, a Melbourne-based consulting firm specialising in performance audit and risk management. Pitt Group work primarily with public sector agencies and key clients include Centrelink, the Australian National Audit Office, the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Deregulation and the Victorian Auditor General’s Office.
In addition to her role with Pitt Group, Sally-Anne is the Manager of Quality Services for IIA-Australia where Sally-Anne is responsible for overseeing the Quality program for the Institute. Sally-Anne is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Global Professional Issues Committee and Chairs a global taskforce developing a Quality Assurance and Improvement Program Practice Guide. Sally-Anne has undertaken over twenty external quality assessments and has developed a customised set of quality assessment tools for small audit shops.
Sally-Anne’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Applied Science and Master of Master Public Policy. She had undertaken post-graduate management studies at the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia and is both a CIA and CGAP.