A UK and Canadian Chartered Accountant, with over 20 years of experience in more than 25 countries across multiple regions, including Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa. Expertise focuses on coordinating critical reform initiatives in public financial management, corporate accounting, sustainability and financial reporting, public and private internal and external audit, financial management information systems, State Owned Enterprise (SOE) governance, and public internal control. He is the Public Sector Accounting and Reporting (PULSAR) Program Manager (13 countries), and Public Expenditure Management Peer Assisted Learning (PEMPAL) Program Lead (21 countries). He has worked on more than 400 World Bank operations.
Prior to joining the World Bank, he worked in the private sector and the government, including four years with a Big 4 firm in auditing and providing SOE governance, financial reporting, strategic planning, management information systems, restructuring, acquisition, and privatization advice to governments and large public interest entities. He has more than 25 years of teaching experience as a trainer and visiting lecturer, has spoken at around 100 international and regional conferences, and has authored or significantly contributed to more than 30 publications.