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Joanne Gorton is the Managing Partner of Audit & Assurance in Australia and a member of the National Executive. Joanne has over 20 years’ of multi-industry experience as an auditor working with high profile ASX100 clients and large public companies. A trusted advisor at Board and C-Level, Joanne’s career has spanned Australia’s two largest professional services firms. In addition to her audit roles, Joanne has also provided advisory services to her clients including internal audit, risk management, compliance and accounting advice on complex transactions and arrangements.

Alison is the leader of the Accounting & Corporate Reporting team in Deloitte’s Audit and Assurance division. She has over 25 years’ audit and accounting advisory experience in Australia, Hong Kong and South Africa, specialising in the resolution of complex accounting issues. Alison served as a member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and has recently completed her six-year term as the deputy chair. She is also a member of the Fair Value and Business Combinations Project Advisory Panels of the AASB. She is also a member of the Deloitte Global Expert Advisory Panel on Leases and the Property Council of Australia’s National Accounting Roundtable. Areas of specialist expertise include leasing and off-balance sheet structures, revenue recognition, impairment of assets, mergers and acquisitions and asset sale transactions.

David is an experienced listed company audit partner who is a member of both Deloitte Australia’s Audit & Assurance executive team and co-leads our Boardroom Program. David is currently leading, or has recently led, the audits of two of the largest superannuation funds in Australia and a number of listed companies ranging from the ASX 100 to mid caps focusing on retail financial services and alternative asset management. In addition to external audit services, David has also led outsourced internal audit programs, provided regulatory consulting services and functional redesign programs for both finance and risk teams.