Designated External Examiners
A law practice can only appoint an external examiner designated as such by the Council of the ACT Law Society.
Information on the designation process can be found at the bottom of this page.
Following is a list of the individuals currently designated by the Council as being eligible for appointment.
ACT and region
- Timothy Allen, Laterals GLP Chartered Accountants, Goulburn
- Christopher Ambler, Smart Start-Up Accountants, Canberra
- Matthew Barrett, Nexia Australia, Canberra
- Gaurav Bhatia, Ibex Tax Consultants, Canberra
- Adrian Bray, Adrian J Bray, Canberra
- Bhaumik Bumia, Hardwickes, Canberra
- Chang Chow, National Audits Group, Wagga Wagga
- Trevor Corver, Corver & Co, Canberra
- Ross Di Bartolo, Di Bartolo Diamond & Mihailaros, Canberra
- Scott Ellis, Les Ellis & Associates, Canberra
- Lea-Anne Hickey, Niche Advantage Chartered Accountants, Canberra
- Scott Hickey, Niche Advantage Chartered Accountants, Canberra
- Peter Irving, Canberra Accountancy & Audit Pty Ltd, Canberra
- Steven Kargas, Steven Kargas CA, Canberra
- Michael Lees, Morton & Cord Accountants, Nowra
- Kah Yang Loke, Parbery, Canberra
- Dipak Mehta, DM Unify, Canberra
- Phillip Miller, MNSA Canberra, Canberra
- Rodney Miller, RSM Australia Pty Ltd, Canberra
- Garry Murphy, Nexia Australia, Canberra
- Joseph Ravanello, Ravanello & Co, Canberra
- David Rosetta, Bush & Campbell Accountants, Wagga Wagga
- Carolyn Rosetta-Walsh, C&N Audit Services, Wagga Wagga
- Phillip Sands, KPMG, Canberra
- Rod Scott, Nexia Australia, Canberra
- Daniel Tooze, Tooze & Associates, Wagga Wagga
- Zhihong Wang, Hongtu Advisor Pty Ltd, Canberra
Interstate
- Matthew Adam-Smith, Grant Thornton Australia, Sydney
- Robert Atanasov, Atanasov Audit & Consulting, Sydney
- Ganesh Bhomick, Number Solutions, Sydney
- Kylie Bodenham, Ernst & Young, Melbourne
- Ben Collins, Ben Collins CPA, Sydney
- Aruna Colombathantri, Australian Public Accountants, Melbourne
- Peter Cursio, Cursio & Co, Melbourne
- Conor Farley, Grant Thornton Australia, Sydney
- John Findlay, RSM Australia, Ballarat
- Michael Flint, Smart Audit Accounting, Melbourne
- Andrew Heather, Deloitte, Parramatta
- Libby Hovasapian, ABA Partners, Melbourne
- Fakrul Iqbal, 1Accountants, Sydney
- Mohammad Islam, Accountants Point Pty Ltd, Sydney
- Tim Jackman, Grant Thornton Australia, Melbourne
- Andrew Johnson, Moore Australia, Melbourne
- Tim Johnston, Books Onsite, Sydney
- Graeme Kay, Graeme Kay Audits, Sydney
- Cheryl Kennedy, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Sydney
- David Kennett, PwC Private, Melbourne
- Shakeel Khan, A1 Audits, Sydney
- Clayton Lawrence, MGI Adelaide, Adelaide
- Ramzy Miseha, Optimum Taxation Services, Perth
- Tafadzwa Mudarikwa, Crowe Australasia, Brisbane
- Matthew O'Connor, Nexia Edwards Marshall, Adelaide
- Charles Oosthuizen, ProYou Audit, Sydney
- Benjamin Powers, Pitcher Partners, Melbourne
- Kate Rowswell, KPMG Enterprise, Melbourne
- Jeff Ryan, Thomas Davis, Sydney
- Abhishek Sharma, MGI Dobbyn Carafa Audit and Assurance Pty Ltd, Melbourne
- Mark Shaw, ProYou Audit, Sydney
- Mohammed Syed, CFO Advisory & Services, Sydney
- Stephen Thomas, Grant Thornton Australia, Sydney
- Irene Wang, Byrons, Sydney
- John Zabala, Crowe Australasia, Brisbane
Society-appointed Investigators
- Adrian Bray, Adrian J Bray Chartered Accountant
- Scott Hickey, Niche Advantage
- Phillip Miller, MNSA Canberra
- Joseph Ravanello, Ravanello & Co
- Rod Scott, Nexia Australia
Eligibility for designation
The Executive Committee of the Council of the Law Society of the ACT resolved, on 4 June 2025, that to be eligible for appointment as a designated external examiner, pursuant to Section 240(1) of the Legal Profession Act 2006 (ACT), an applicant must:
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be:
a) a member of CPA Australia holding a current Public Practice Certificate issued by that body, or
b) a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand holding a current Certificate of Public Practice issued by that body, or
c) a member of the Institute of Public Accountants holding a current Professional Practice Certificate issued by that body, or
d) a person registered as an auditor under Part 9.2 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), or
e) an employee or agent of the Society; and
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have successfully completed a course of education approved by the Council; and
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have successfully completed an online quiz set by the Society (if more than five years have passed since completion of the approved course of education).
The Council has approved the following courses of education:
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External examiner course run by the ACT Law Society
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External examiner course run by the NSW Law Society
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External examiner course run by the Law Institute of Victoria.
Applying for designation
If you would like to apply for recognition or renewal as a designated external examiner in the ACT, send a request by email to the Society’s Trust Account Compliance Officer (trustaccounts@actlawsociety.asn.au), making reference to the eligibility criteria above.
Where you are applying on the basis of criteria 1(a)-(c), you must include in your application a letter of good standing from your professional accounting body, confirming your status as the current holder of the relevant practice certificate. This is not required if you are a registered company auditor (criterion 1(d)). First-time applicants must also provide evidence of successful completion of an approved external examiner course.
Requests are considered by the Council before designation is granted. Designations are typically granted for a period of five years, subject to the designee’s ongoing satisfaction of the eligibility criteria.
It is a condition of designation that the designee notifies the Society in writing within 14 days of the suspension of cancellation of the relevant practice certificate and/or company audit registration. The Society reserves the right to cancel an external examiner’s designation in these circumstances.
