Wendy Venter

Wendy is a Wellington-based independent consultant. She is a chartered accountant with senior executive and governance experience in the public and private sectors. Wendy's areas of expertise are risk, internal and external audit, finance, organisational change, business improvement and assurance.

She is a director of the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, and chairs its Audit and Risk Committee. She is an independent member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

Wendy is a former partner at EY, Deputy Chief Executive, Organisational Integrity and Risk and Assurance at the Ministry of Social Development, and Assistant Auditor-General at the Office of the Auditor General.