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Welcome to the Institute of Internal Auditors New Zealand, the professional body for internal auditing

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What is internal audit?

Internal audit is a dynamic profession that provides independent assurance that an organisation's risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively Essentially, Internal Auditors help organisations to succeed.

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Join our professional community and access a range of local and international benefits to expand your thinking, knowledge and networks.

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Connect with other internal audit, risk and assurance professionals and grow your knowledge and skills with a range of online and local events.

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Our people

A membership organisation, IIA NZ has over 700 members 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.


Yoonyoung (YY) LeeCA, CISA, PRINCE2, ICP
Board Chair

YY, a Risk Services Partner at PwC, leads their national internal audit practice in NZ, currently is part of the PwC NZ Board, and is also part of the PwC Global Risk Services Leadership Team. She has served as Chair for over 2 years across two consecutive terms on the IIA NZ Board, has been a member of IIA NZ since 2013 and was both the MC and part of the 2019 IIA NZ Conference Organising Committee. YY is excited to bring Auckland representation and drive sustainability as well as modernisation of our profession alongside fellow members.


Tee Chow Lee
Board Deputy Chair, Advocacy Chair

Tee Chow heads the Internal Audit team at New Zealand’s largest developer and property manager, Kāinga Ora. He brings with him 15 years of experience in New Zealand and Singapore across diverse roles in internal audit, finance, consulting, corporate, and private and public sectors. This deep experience, at all levels of management and governance, has driven Tee Chow’s passion for Internal Audit advocacy, development and maturity. Tee Chow is looking forward to contributing to the Board and the future of the profession.


Shaun DowersCIA
Treasurer

Shaun currently heads the Internal Audit team at Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, previously heading the team in the Christchurch City Council. Shaun has over 18 years experience across many sectors and roles, with 9 years leading internal audit functions. Shaun values constructive relationships and has a reasoned inclusive style. He is passionate about the Internal Audit profession and has been contributing with the board for over seven years. This has initially been focused on education strategy and has morphed into a Treasury role that Shaun enjoys.


Grace NunnCIA
Education Chair

Grace is a Senior Manager at KPMG based in Wellington and has been an IIA NZ member since 2016. During this time, Grace has been involved in numerous events and brings enthusiasm and passion for internal audit. Her recent entrance to the profession means that she can bring new ideas and align the interests of those new to this profession to those with more experience. Grace has experience providing internal audit and advisory services to both public and private organisations and is a strong advocate for the value of internal audit.


Ramon ManzanoCIA, CA, ACDA
Education Deputy Chair

Ramon has been practicing internal audit for more than 25 years in New Zealand and overseas. He is currently Chief Audit Executive and General Manager at healthAlliance and was named Internal Auditor of the Year 2017. At this stage of his career, he has started sharing his experience and knowledge through mentoring and board memberships at not-for-profit organisations. His main interest is in promoting education and training for the next generation of internal auditors to equip them with the skills to drive positive change within their organisations and communities.


Jocelyn Ooi
Membership Chair

As a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Chartered Accountant, Jocelyn gained substantial auditing, accounting, and finance experience with a large multi-national organisation. Her high perseverance allowed her to deliver results that consistently met management expectations. She leads by example, and good time management enables her to lead and build a solid rapport with teams. She has a positive outlook and caring style of leadership skills that allow her to help others to achieve tremendous success through positive inspiration.

Jocelyn's career history includes her experience as an external auditor with PriceWaterhouseCoopers Kuala Lumpur and PriceWaterhouseCoopers Auckland from 1995 to 2019. She also had internal audit experience with Fujifilm Business Innovation from 2019 to 2021 and currently working with AIA New Zealand as Internal Audit Manager.


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.

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.

Education Days are held each year.

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

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