Director
Megan McKechnie
Non-Executive Director and Chair of Finance & Audit Committee Disaster Relief Australia, former CFO University of New England and Non-Executive Director & Chair of Finance, Audit & Risk Vasey Housing Association
Meg McKechnie is a qualified and accomplished chartered accountant, non-executive director and committee chair, strategic CFO with 30+ years of experience. Meg has extensive experience in strategic planning and execution, key performance monitoring, strategic risk assessment and mitigation, governance and policy interpretation, implementation and compliance.
About
Meg commenced her career as a forensic accountant and insolvency practitioner, and has significant knowledge, experience and understanding of corporate governance, including from roles investigating corporate governance breaches at ASIC and APRA. In recent years, she has worked in challenging transformation, strategic leadership roles, most recently as CFO of University of New England leading a significant modernisation and transformation of the finance, data governance and data analytics functions.
She is currently a Non-Executive Director and the Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee of Disaster Relief Australia, providing governance and financial expertise to uplift the company in becoming the pre-eminent disaster relief organisation across the Asia Pacific region. Meg recently completed an eight-year appointment as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Finance, Audit & Risk of Vasey Housing Association, where she oversaw a significant strategy transformation ensuring the financial sustainability of the company. Meg is based between Armidale and Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting), is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
