Malcolm Gaston

Malcolm leads the Office’s work on governance, public accountability, justice and public safety, alternative service delivery, and social services. He has presented to conferences, particularly on the areas of performance management and reporting, and good governance practices. Malcolm Gaston joined the Office in 2005 and led the development and delivery of shorter, focused performance audits, and good practice guidance.

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 UK National Audit Office. Malcolm holds both Canadian and UK accounting designations, as well as an MA in psychology from the University of Glasgow. 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 clients. Malcolm also has considerable strategic and financial management experience from his years as Chief Finance Officer of a Scottish Crown agency.