INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Michael Stephen Perry
Mr Michael Perry is a Chartered Accountant and Independent Director of the M&L Manager Board. Mr Perry was a Senior Audit and Advisory Partner at EY, Australia.
He graduated in 1972 from the University of Melbourne with a degree in Bachelor of Commerce and joined the audit division of Arthur Andersen Melbourne. He was admitted to the global partnership in 1985 and transferred to the firm’s Brisbane office one year later. In 1991, Mr Perry returned to the Melbourne office. On the absorption of Arthur Andersen by Ernst & Young in 2002, Mr Perry was a Senior Partner.
Mr Perry has extensive experience in financial consulting services with specialist skills in auditing, business and financial advice, both within the corporate and government sectors. He has acted for clients engaging in a wide range of corporate transactions which include initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, valuations, debt raising and corporate financing. Mr Perry has extensive experience in structural issues within the property development, construction, investment and fund management industries, as well as hotel casino and gaming operations. During his 23 years as a partner at the Audit and Advisory firms, Mr Perry was the engagement partner responsible for the provision of audit and financial services of several large property trusts and REITs, and hotels in Australia.
Currently he is a Director of the Copland Foundation. He has recently retired as the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Victorian Government’s Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions. Earlier appointments included Director and Chair of Audit and Risk Committees for the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority, Museums Victoria and the Commonwealth Government’s Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Agency.