Charlie Puddicombe

Executive summary

Charlie is a Risk Advisory Services Partner with BDO in Sydney. His client service approach is based on partnership and transparency. He focuses on understanding each client's unique challenges to tailor solutions.

Charlie specialises in a suite of governance, risk, and control services, including internal audit services, training, workshops, regulatory compliance, conformance with standards, remediation initiatives, and project assurance.

With more than 20 years of experience, Charlie’s strength is his ability to bridge the gap between technical solutions and strategic business outcomes, so clients receive both expert advice and practical, executable strategies.

Expertise

• Outsourced and co-sourced Internal Audits
• External Quality Assurance of Internal Audit
• Internal Audit transformation
• Risk management reviews
• Risk culture training and assessments
• Project assurance
• Project management of customer remediation

Experience

Financial Services Internal Audit

• Built and served a diverse portfolio of clients across Banking, Lending, Insurance and Asset Management.

Governance and risk management

• Led roundtables on emerging Risk and Control topics and was a leading contributor to the new 5th Edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Code.

Risk transformation

• Facilitated Board-level Risk Workshops, uplift of new Risk Management Frameworks, and the implementation of Risk Culture Frameworks for major Financial Services clients.

Risk culture expertise

• Assessed more than 30 Risk Culture Frameworks and provided Risk Culture training to over 40 organisations internationally.

Independent reviews

• Specialised in independent reviews of governance, risk management, and control functions for Financial Services clients.

Remediation projects

• Strong knowledge of Financial Services regulations, and project governance and management disciplines, particularly for remediation programs.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Chartered Accountant and Member, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Certified Internal Auditor
• Executive Education at MIT: AI for Business Strategy
• MBA
• Master of Chemistry
• Professional Member, Institute of Internal Auditors in Australia

Professional engagements and activities

• NSW Chapter Councillor, Institute of Internal Auditors - Australia