Keith Reilly is a financial reporting consultant and covers accounting, auditing and ethical standards, as well as governance and regulatory issues. He has some 40 years’ experience in the financial reporting field. He was from 2006 to 2013, the National Head of Professional Standards at Grant Thornton Australia, and a member of Grant Thornton’s International Public Policy Group, Independence Working Group, and IFRS Committee.

He was previously the technical director and advisor for Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ), and has also worked with ASIC, been an advisor to a major institutional Australian stock broking firm, and a former Research Director and Auditor for two Australian Big 4 audit firms.

Keith consults, writes and lectures extensively on financial reporting issues.  He is a member of the APESB’s Code of Ethics Taskforce, and a former member of the IASB’s Advisory Body on IFRS for SMEs, a former member of the AASB’s Urgent Issues Group.

He is the Section Editor of Lexis-Nexis Corporations Law publications, a former member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Financial Reporting Committee, and has been a member of various CAANZ, CPA Australia, and Institute of Public Accountants Committees.

Keith is an Industry Fellow (International Governance and Reporting) with Macquarie University and has been a part time lecturer in Macquarie University’s Master of Accounting and Corporate Governance programs. Keith also developed and presented the Forensic Accounting Masters Program at the Australian National Institute of Management and Commerce.

He provides consulting services on financial reporting issues to various companies, audit firms, not-for-profits, professional, financial, regulatory, and government institutions.

He can be contacted at:
[email protected]
Sydney, Australia

Key Expertise
• Australian and global financial reporting regulatory requirements
• IFRS/AASB accounting standards
• Auditing standards
• Ethical Standards
• Corporate Governance

Professional qualifications and memberships
• M.Com (UNSW)
• Fellow Institute of Public Accountants