• quality and continuous improvements are fostered in the organisation's control

process; and
• significant legislative or regulatory compliance issues impacting the
organisation are recognised and addressed appropriately.
7 · Information from the reports is referred to the Audit and Risk Management
Committee. The membership of the Audit and Risk Management Committee is:
• John Brown, Independent Chair
e Michael Coutts-Trotter, Director-General, DET and Managing Director TAFE
NSW
• Trevor Fletcher, Deputy Director-General, Schools
• Peter Riordan, Deputy Director-General, Workforce Management and
Systems Improvement
• Leslie Loble, Deputy Director-General, Strategic Planning and Regulation
• Marie Persson, Deputy Director-General, TAFE and Community Education
• Alastair Hunter, Deputy Director-General, Finance and Infrastructure
• Chris Ryan, Executive Director, Strategic Relations and Communication
8 Attendees at the Committee's meeting are;
• Bill Middleton, Director, Audit and Risk Management
• Robin Prowse, Senior Manager, Risk Management and Con.suiting Services
• Peter Boulous, Audit 9ffice of NSW
• Jeff Dose, Audit Office of NSW
• John Cantlon, Audit Office of NSW
9 The Audit and Risk Management Committee's purpose is to assist the Executive in
fulfilling its oversight responsibilities for:
• the integrity of the DET's financial statements;
• the DET's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
• the independent auditor's qualifications and independence;
• the performance of the DET's internal audit function;
• the alignment of the audit, risk management, corruption prevention and
consultancy services function with strategic priorities; and
• assurance that appropriate action is taken on audit findings.
Work of the Audit Branch - process
10 When conducting an audit, audit officers will generally:
• do a site visit of the directorate;
• conduct interviews with directorate staff;
• facilitate a risk assessment workshop with directorate staff;

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