PROFILES
Auditor-General
Des Pearson
BBus, GradDip Mgt, FIPAA, FCPA, FAIM, FCA
Phone: 61 3 8601 7101
Email:
ag@audit.vic.gov.au
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Mr Pearson was appointed Auditor-General of Victoria on 1
October 2006. He was previously Auditor-General of Western
Australia (1991-2006).
Mr Pearson commenced his public service career in 1970 as a
graduate Cadet Auditor with the Commonwealth Australian
Auditor-General’s Office and progressed through a range of field
auditor positions in Brisbane and Canberra to become Chief Auditor,
Northern Territory Region in 1976.
From 1979 to 1988 he worked with the Australian Department of
Primary Industries and Energy as Assistant Secretary, Corporate
Resources and later as Senior Assistant Director with the
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service of that
Department.
Mr Pearson was the Associate Director, Corporate Services with the
Canberra Institute of Technology from 1988 to 1991. During that
period he acted for extended periods as Director of the
Institute.
Mr Pearson has been an involved member of CPA Australia, the
Institute of Public Administration and the Australian Institute of
Management having served all three bodies as WA President and at
National Board level. He was CPA Australia's National President in
2001. He was elected a National Fellow of the Institute of Public
Administration in 2002 and a Life Member of CPA Australia in
2003.
He was a member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board from
1997-2000 and Convenor of the Australasian Council of Auditors
General from 1997-1999.
He is currently a member of the Australian Accounting Standards
Board.
Mr Pearson is a Life Member and Fellow of CPA Australia, a National
Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, a
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Chief Operating Officer
Peter Frost
Phone 61 3 8601 7122
Email peter.frost@audit.vic.gov.au
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Peter Frost commenced as Chief Operating Officer on 22 January
2007.
His has extensive public sector management experience, gained
primarily in the Victorian public sector and with the Commonwealth
Secretariat. He has also worked with the Asian Development Bank and
the World Bank on civil service and public sector reform
programs.
Mr Frost has held senior executive level positions since 1989 and
was Head, Office of Public Sector Management in the Victorian
Department of Premier and Cabinet from 1992-95, Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Resources) at RMIT from 1995-99, and as Special
Adviser (Public Sector Reform) with the Commonwealth Secretariat
from 2001-04.
Most recently, he has been with the Department of Premier and
Cabinet as Director, Tsunami Reconstruction Project where he has
been responsible for the development and delivery of reconstruction
projects principally in Sri Lanka, in conjunction with
international non-government organisations, government agencies and
donors with an approximate value of $25 million.
Prior to his executive roles he undertook and led a number of
organisational and industry reviews in the education, transport,
gaming and sports areas.