CRAIG FISHER FCA, CMInstD

Craig Fisher is a board director, governance consultant and advisor with specialist expertise in governance, strategy, audit, assurance and financial consulting. 

He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant formerly with 30 years public practice experience, 23 of those being an audit partner for a wide variety of entities in the public, private, and not-for-profit / charitable sectors.  He is an experienced Chairman and chaired the accounting firms he was a part of for his last 20 years in public practice accounting.  

Craig has a recognised specialisation in not-for-profit and charitable issues and also has a long history in audit, assurance and ethical standard setting both in New Zealand and representing New Zealand internationally.  He has a strong interest in good governance and transparency of reporting, especially service performance reporting and other forms of impact reporting

Current governance roles include being board chair of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, Advisory Panel Chair for New Zealand’s External Reporting Board, a trustee of the Wise Group (a significant mental health services provider), Independent Chairman of the Risk, Audit, and Assurance Committee of Ngati Whatua Orakei, director and co-chair of Xtreme Zero Waste Limited, a member of PWC NZ’s Audit Advisory Board, and Massey University School of Accountancy Advisory Board member.   He is also an Associate of Boardworks and provides advisory services to a range of other entities.

In his spare time he is a late onset surfer and farms macadamia nuts – proving to some that accountancy can send you nuts!