Audit and Risk Committee

Our Audit and Risk Committee is a committee of our Board and is responsible for reviewing the appropriateness of our financial reporting, performance reporting, system of risk oversight and management and system of internal control. Our Audit and Risk Committee members are appointed by our Board.

We have established our Audit and Risk Committee in accordance with the requirements of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014. The work of our Audit and Risk Committee is guided by the Audit and Risk Committee Charter.

Our Audit and Risk Committee members

Note: All Committee members are appointed on a part-time basis.

Mr Kevin Franey, Chair

Mr Kevin Franey was appointed as the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee in July 2025. Mr Franey has over 37 years’ experience as an audit and assurance partner with HLB Mann Judd (a national and international accounting and advisory firm). He has worked with a range of public and private sector clients, advising on establishing and operating internal audit functions, audit and risk committees, risk management systems, regulatory compliance systems and assurance mapping. He has also served since November 2020 as a Board member and the Audit Committee Chair for Summerland Bank. In July 2026 Summerland Bank merged with Regional Australia Bank to form a merged bank with over $6 billion in assets, 50 branches, over 400 employees. Mr Franey was selected to be a director for the merged bank. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Risk Management Specialist and a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Andreas Clark

Mr Andreas Clark was appointed to the Audit and Risk Committee in May 2025 and has been a member of the APVMA Board since March 2025. Mr Clark holds a range of non-executive director roles covering a broad range of sectors including agriculture, medical services and infrastructure. Among his non-executive directorships, he is currently the chair of Australian Wool Exchange Ltd. Prior to commencing his director career, he built a successful executive career, concluding with an eight-year term as the Chief Executive Officer of Wine Australia. He is also admitted to legal practice in South Australia. He holds a Master of Laws from the Australian National University and Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from Flinders University. He has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia and the Authentic Leadership Program at Harvard University. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ms Inma Beaumont

Ms Inma Beaumont was appointed to the Audit and Risk Committee in March 2026. Ms Beaumont is a professional company director with experience across ASX-listed and private companies, and government organisations. She has held senior finance roles covering financial control, internal audit and risk management within multinational organisations in the energy, FMCG and banking sectors. She has extensive governance experience as both a chair and member of finance, audit and risk committees across a range of boards. She currently serves on the boards of Get Skilled Access, the Queensland Children’s Hospital, the Queensland Department of Education, Community First Bank and the Australian Veterinary Council Board. She is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Australian Energy Regulator. She is a former director of the ASX200 listed company National Storage and a former member of the Queensland Pharmacy Business Ownership Council. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Economics and Commerce) from the University of Valencia, Spain. She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ms Diana Hamono

Ms Diana Hamono was appointed to the ARC in October 2021. Ms Hamono has almost 40 years internal auditing and IT auditing experience in Commonwealth, state and territory, and local government agencies, spanning regulatory, policy and service delivery organisations. Her audit consulting experience covers all aspects of risk, governance, ICT, internal audit, program and project management and corporate and operational business systems. Ms Hamono is an independent ARC member at several local and Commonwealth government agencies. She holds a Masters degree in Information Studies (Knowledge Management), a Diploma of Security (Risk Management), an OGC Gateway Reviewer Team Member accreditation, a certificate of COBIT 5 Foundations and a foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITIL v3). She is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (retired), is Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT, is a Professional Member of IIA-Australia and a Member of ISACA.