Team Member

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Consulting Partner

Peter Gallagher CA is a strategic accounting professional with over 30 years of experience in forensic accounting, audit, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) roles in both private and public organisations. A commercially focused Chartered Accountant, he has served as Company Secretary, Executive, and Non-Executive Director for major national and international companies. 

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Peter has extensive audit and forensic accounting experience with big four accounting firms. During his five years as an Associate Director at Ernst & Young Singapore, he led complex forensic engagements for large multinational clients across Asia-Pacific.   

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Peter is deeply involved in the SMSF sector, specialising in audit services delivered throughout Australia. Prior to this, Peter was CFO at China Merchants Loscam Asia Pacific, where he played a pivotal role in restructuring the Indonesian business, oversaw the successful market entry of the New Zealand operation and contributed to sustained growth of approximately 20% year on year. 

Areas of Specialisation

Forensic accounting, expert witness, audit, CFO and business services.

Industry Experience

Government, financial services, insurance, superannuation, FMCG, logistics, construction.

Snapshot of Experience

Directed a series of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations for major US multinational corporations, focusing on uncovering potential corrupt payments and evaluating deficiencies in financial processes, governance frameworks and internal control environments throughout their Asian subsidiary operation.

Led a financial investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds and prepared a comprehensive report for the appointed mediator in a dispute between joint venture partners; a large European Music promoter and the Chinese Government.

Conducted an insurance review on behalf of a large insurance provider to assess a business interruption claim for a Korean manufacturing company.

Led a forensic accounting investigation into a publicly listed Philippine agricultural business, uncovered financial statement fraud and presented the findings to the Singapore based Audit Committee.

Led several Sarbanes Oxley compliance reviews for US based organisations with subsidiaries across Asia.

Engaged under legal professional privileged to provide ‘dirty expert’ services in relation to a proposed litigation relating to claims made under a D&O policy. The engagement required the interrogation of accounting records, sales activity and an analysis of internal reporting to identify financial irregularities.

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