Staff Members

The APESB is supported by a team of technical and administrative staff known as the "secretariat". The primary role of the secretariat is to oversee the drafting and development of relevant up-to-date professional and ethical standards for members of the profession and to provide administrative support to the Board.

Mr Channa Wijesinghe

Technical Director

Mr Channa Wijesinghe is a graduate of Monash University and holds a MBA from Deakin University. He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, CPA Australia and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He has over ten years experience with two of the big four firms in Audit and Corporate Finance and was an Audit Director at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. His commercial experience includes two years with AGL where he was a member of the IFRS project team and was involved in IFRS implementation. Since joining the APESB in January 2007, he has been responsible for the development of the professional and ethical standards issued by the Board.

Mr Robert Nickel

Senior Project Manager

Mr Robert Nickel is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours). A chartered accountant and certified information systems auditor, he spent over eight years in the Assurance and Risk and Controls Advisory practice at PwC in Australia, Canada and USA, rising to the rank of Client Manager. His prior commercial experience includes an internship within the Central & Eastern Europe Middle East & North Africa (CEEMA) business unit of Allianz Insurance in Germany, where his duties included researching the application of international accounting standards.

Ms Rozelle Azad

Project Manager

Ms Rozelle Azad is a graduate of Monash University with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Genetics and Physiology and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting). A chartered accountant, she spent six years in the Assurance and Advisory Service of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu working her way from analyst to client manager.