Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) | Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors | PhD in Artificial Intelligence

Dr Peter McLeod is the Director of Assurance Services at the University of Southern Queensland. Prior to beginning a career as an internal auditor Peter worked within the Accounting and Information Technology industries. Peter made a transition from being audited to auditing others in 2019. His Information Technology background enabled Peter to implement continuous controls monitoring, robotic process automation and data visualisation in internal audit. Peter is a firm believer that Internal Audit should set the benchmark for business to maintain credibility, utilise resources effectively and ensure that sampling bias does not exist. This ensures that Internal Audit maximises the value of the business especially when artefacts are handed back to management post audit. Peter progressed to Professional Membership of the Institute of Internal Auditors based on the outcome of his external quality assurance assessment conducted by the Institute of Internal Auditors in 2021. Peter completed his Graduate Certificate in Internal Auditing in 2022. Peter was awarded the Emerging Internal Auditor of 2023 by the Institute of Internal Auditors for his contribution to the profession. Peter has written several fact sheets, white papers and presented at a variety of institute of Internal Auditor conferences including SOPAC over the last few years.