Margaret Dewhurst

Executive summary

Margaret is a Partner in BDO’s Audit & Assurance team in Cairns. Her committed attention to detail and strong technical skills result in timely, practical, and appropriate client solutions. Margaret’s team serves clients in Cairns and throughout North Queensland.

She focuses on providing audit and accounting advice to local governments, larger private companies, not-for-profits, unlisted public companies, and co-operatives. She also supports the preparation of consolidated financial reports, and leads reviews of internal controls and governance processes.

Margaret joined BDO as a graduate in 2000. She worked across the audit team, gaining technical and management experience, before being appointed Partner in 2012.

Expertise

• External audit
• Internal audit
• Financial accounting and reporting
• Statutory reporting

Experience

• Auditing listed public companies, large private companies, large not-for-profits, unlisted public companies, and co-operatives in industries such as mining, tourism, retail, aviation, transport, and local government

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce
• Registered Company Auditor
• Chartered Accountant, CA ANZ
• Associate Member, Institute of Internal Auditors

Professional engagements and activities

• Facilitator, CA Program, CA ANZ
• Member, BDO National Technical Committee