B.Bus (Accy), LLB, FCPA, CIA, FIIA, MAICD

Neil is the Director of Adams Consulting & Training Pty Ltd and provides consultancy services to both the public and private sectors. He has undertaken impressive roles at senior levels of government and the private sector, and has substantial experience in both internal and external audit, corporate governance, probity, management and financial investigations, contract negotiations, administration and legal management.

Neil holds Bachelor degrees in both Business and Law, is a Fellow of the Institute of Internal Auditors (Aust) and CPA Australia, is admitted to practise as a Barrister and Solicitor, is a Certified Internal Auditor and is the Immediate Past Chairman of the NSW Council of the Institute of Internal Auditors (Aust). He is also a member of the CPA Australia Board Disciplinary Committee.

Neil moved into consultancy in May 1998 following 9 years with Transfield Holdings (a construction & engineering group of companies with a turnover around $1.4billion). His roles there were General Manager, Group Internal Audit; and General Manager, Finance & Administration, Asia.

Prior to that he worked within the Commonwealth government rising to the positions within the Australian National Audit Office of Second Assistant Auditor-General and NSW Regional Manager, representing the federal Auditor-General in NSW with clients such as the Commonwealth Bank, Qantas, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and managing an organisation of approximately 100 professional staff; and Director of Audit (particularly involved with performance audit in a number of agencies).

As part of his consulting, he was Financial Adviser to the Olympic Coordination Authority and has undertaken project management, corporate governance, financial assessment, organisational and management reviews, and probity assignments for a number of state, federal and local government agencies.

Neil has had articles published by the Australian Institute of Public Administration, CPA Australia, the Institute of Internal Auditors and others, and has presented to international
conferences and led developments in probity advising and a number of audit related fields.