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

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, which is a regional bank with over $1 billion in assets, a branch network, complex regulatory and financial systems and a comprehensive risk management system. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Risk Management Specialist and Registered Company Auditor. He is also 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, education and infrastructure. Amongst his non-executive directorships, he is currently the chair of Australian Wool Exchange Ltd. He is also currently working as a Senior Adviser (Wine) with KPMG. 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 Diana Hamono

Ms Diana Hamono was appointed to the Audit and Risk Committee in October 2021. Ms Hamono has more than 36 years’ internal auditing and IT auditing experience in federal and local government organisations, spanning regulatory, policy and service delivery organisations. Her audit consulting experience covers all aspects of risk, governance, ICT, program and project management and corporate and operational business systems. Ms Hamono is an independent audit and risk committee member at several local and federal 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, is certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT, is a Professional Member of IIA-Australia and a Member of ISACA.

Mr Darren Schaeffer

Mr Darren Schaeffer was appointed to the Audit and Risk Committee in August 2020. Mr Schaeffer has more than 12 years’ experience working in the private sector for large commercial companies – particularly in the services and manufacturing sectors – 14 years in the public-sector, including 8 as Chief Financial Officer of 2 material federal government departments, and 9 years in professional services, including currently serving as Chair of the Torres Strait Regional Authority Audit Committee. He is a Fellow Certified Practising Accountant, Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors, Professional Member Institute of Internal Auditors and Member of the Australian Evaluation Society. He is currently studying a Professional Doctorate of Business Administration (Research), and holds a Masters of Business Administration (Public Sector), Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and is a Certified Government Auditing Professional.