Structure & Committees

Our people

A membership organisation, IIA NZ has around 570 individual members and 33 organisational members spread throughout New Zealand.

National Board of Directors

We elect up to seven members to act as directors of a National Board. Directors are elected for a two year term, with one half of the positions on the Board being up for election each year, and the Board has the ability to co-opt three additional members. The Chair is appointed by the Board annually.

	Sylvester Shamy, ANZSOG EFP Fellow Board Chair Sylvester is the Chief Risk Officer and Head of Audit at New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He is a recipient of the IIA NZ Internal Auditor of the Year award and has been a member of IIA NZ since 2004. As Board Chair, his tenure focus is to enhance the Institute’s role in its key strategic areas, modernise its functions and upgrade its performance, so that it is better able to represent the profession and IIA NZ members.
	Bernie McKendry, CA, CIA Deputy Chair Bernie is an independent consultant specialising in internal audit, risk management and governance. A previous Board member, Bernie is based in Wellington and brings professional expertise with a global perspective having spend some years engaged as an accredited internal audit quality assurance reviewer. Bernie joined IIA NZ in 2000 and has been a strong advocate of the internal audit value since.
	James Rees-Thomas, CA, LLB Advocacy Committee Support James is a partner with PwC specialising in risk and assurance. Based in Wellington, James has been an IIA NZ member since 2011. He has been a speaker at IIA conferences and training events and he has an ongoing commitment to the planning of professional development events.
	Shaun Dowers, CIA Education Committee Lead Shaun is Head of Audit and Risk with Christchurch City Council. Shaun has been an IIANZ member for 11 years and is also a CIA. A firm believer that education is the foundation of quality internal audit, Shaun leads the Education Committee.
	Joanne Ogg, CA Education Committee Support Joanne is a Partner with Ernst and Young, based in Auckland. Joanne became an IIANZ member in 2000. Her experience leading audit and assurance programmes and developing internal audit teams lends itself well to supporting the education committee.
	Melissa Bailey, CIA Membership Committee Lead Melissa is Director of Commercial Assurance at Department of Corrections. An IIA NZ member since 2009, and an IIA NZ Internal Auditor of the Year recipient, she leads the Membership Committee. Melissa is a CIA and has supported the regional committee in the planning of IIA NZ conference and education days.
	Deb Peach, CIA Membership Committee Support An IIA NZ member since 2013, Deb is a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young, based in Wellington. With 12 years of audit, risk, and assurance experience Deb supports theme membership committee strategy and has been an active contributor to IIA NZ annual conferences and education days.

National office

Steve Downes
Chief Executive

Steve was appointed as the Chief Executive in November 2013. Prior to joining IIA NZ,he was CE for a membership organisation within the motor industry for over 20 years.More recently he was a mediator in the complaints resolution section for a Government entity. He has many years’ experience lobbying for members, improvements and positive change.

Volunteers

Institute members who provide essential leadership and direction for IIA NZ in a voluntary capacity are critical to the successful implementation of our programmes and services.

These volunteers assist IIA NZ by offering advice, guidance and support, both individually and through their roles on the National Board, Committees, Special Interest Groups and Regional Committees.

Relationship Managers

IIANZ has appointed relationship managers who assist the Institute to achieve our advocacy strategy. The stakeholder clusters are our priority groups. Further stakeholder groups will be added over time.


Stakeholders	Lead Relationship Manager	Relationship Support
Chartered Accountants of Australia & New Zealand	Shashi Kumar	Steve Downes
Institute of Directors	Jeff Galt	Steve Downes
Central Agencies (Treasury, DPMC, SSC)	Jeff Galt	James Jong
Office of the Auditor-General	James Jong	James Rees-Thomas
Transparency International	Bernie McKendrey	Jeff Galt

Our partner organisations

IIA NZ collaborates with Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), RiskNZ and the Institute of Directors (IoD) to share information on best practice and run some of our events.

We are grateful for the support given to the Institute by those organisations that very generously allow us to use their venues for our events.

Our regions

We encourage everyone in the internal audit and risk management professions – members and non-members – to attend events run by IIA NZ regions.

Each region develops education and networking event programmes to meet ongoing professional development requirements, and provide members with the opportunity to network with a wider group of people.

Some networking events are free while others,particularly lunchtime meetings, may have a small charge to cover catering.

Education Days are held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch each year. Registration for these professional development days is moderately priced.

You can find more information about specific events on our Events calendar.

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