Gary Pflugrath

Dr. Gary Pflugrath was a member of IFAC's staff from 2011-2018, where he had responsibility for the public policy and regulation as well as IFAC's performance reporting and risk management. He also has responsibility for the IFAC's governance activities.

Dr. Pflugrath’s positions prior to joining IFAC include nearly 20 years at the Reserve Bank of Australia and serving as a lecturer in accounting at the University of New South Wales while completing his doctoral studies. Subsequently, he was a policy adviser (audit and assurance) at CPA Australia.

Dr. Pflugrath holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) Degree, (Chisholm Institute of Technology, now Monash University), and a Master of Business Administration Degree (University of Melbourne). He received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) from UNSW in 2008. He has published referred articles in several academic journals, including Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, the Journal of Business Ethics, and the International Journal of Auditing. Dr. Pflugrath has been a CPA in Australia for more than twenty years.