Board of Directors

Malcolm Gaston, CPA, CMA, CPFA (UK), ICD.D

Former Assistant Auditor General and Strategic Advisor
Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia

Malcolm was until recently Strategic Priorities Advisor at the Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia. His career includes developing and delivering performance audit in Canada, as well as financial audit, internal audit and advisory experience in the UK covering UN, national, provincial and municipal government. Malcolm also has strategic and financial management experience from his years as Chief Finance Officer of a Scottish Crown agency.

Malcolm joined the BC office in 2005. Before moving to Victoria, Malcolm was with Audit Scotland developing and delivering Best Value performance audits of local government. He started his career with the United Kingdom's National Audit Office where he obtained a designation specifically for public sector accountants and auditors. Malcolm also holds Canadian and UK accounting designations and has obtained his director’s designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. He has worked for two of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, delivering external audit, internal audit and advisory services to a wide range of public sector and not-for-profit clients.

Malcolm has also been a member of CAAF’s International Advisory Group, and contributed to several CAAF products and training events.