Michael White is the Executive Director of the Assurance Projects Branch within the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO). With over 15 years experience at the ANAO, over the past four years Michael has specialised in Assurance Reviews for the Major Projects Report within the Defence Materiel Organisation and reviews of Government Advertising. He is responsible for the development and delivery of the ANAO’s program of work in response to recent legislative changes enabling the Auditor-General to undertake audits of key performance indicators as presented in agencies Portfolio Budget Statements and subsequently reported on in the agencies annual reports.

Ann has been employed with the Office of the Auditor-General as the Assistant Auditor-General, Research and

Development since 2004. In this role she is responsible for:

• leading the Office’s response to changes in relation to public sector governance and accountability; and
• facilitating and co-ordinating the Office’s research and development and product development.

The R&D Team works as a catalyst within the OAG to enhance existing products and develop new products in areas such as:

• Performance improvement related to our annual audit interaction with public sector performance and financial management and reporting;
• Increasing awareness and raising the profile of good governance practices for example public entities’ use of audit committees and detection and prevention of fraud; and
• Analysis and integration of audit knowledge about public sector emerging and good practices.

Ann joined the OAG in 1999 as a sector manager in the Local Government Team. Her experience prior to joining the Office is mainly in corporate planning, research, and public policy. Before joining the Office, Ann had worked in both central and local government and policy, research, and corporate planning roles.

Ann has a Bachelor of Arts; a Diploma of Social Science Research and a Masters of Public Policy from Victoria University of Wellington.