Ruwan Goonetilleke (CA, CIA, PMIIA)

Ruwan Goonetilleke has over 20 years of professional work experience. Ruwan currently holds the position of Manager, Risk Analytics and Internal Audit at UniSuper since July 2023. Prior to that, they worked as the Risk & Compliance Frameworks Manager at UniSuper starting from August 2022. Between April 2021 and July 2022, Ruwan was employed at Telstra as a Senior Specialist Risk & Compliance/Functional Compliance Lead. Ruwan also held the role of a Senior Associate - Divisional Controls at NAB from April 2020 to March 2021. From June 2019 to March 2020, they worked as an Assistant Audit Manager - Group Internal Audit (Contract) at EnergyAustralia. Additionally, Ruwan served as a Risk and Compliance Business Partner (Contract) at VicRoads from January 2019 to May 2019. Their previous experience includes working at RCR Tomlinson as a Group Internal Auditor, Divisional Financial Controller, and Group Accountant from 2005 to 2018. Ruwan started their career at Mars as a Financial Planning and Reporting Analyst from 2001 to 2004, and they also worked as a Senior Accountant at EY from 1999 to 2000. Ruwan holds professional certifications including CA, CIA, and PMIIA.

Ruwan Goonetilleke has obtained a Chartered Accountant degree from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, with a field of study in Finance. Ruwan also holds a Chartered Accountant degree from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, specializing in Finance. In addition, Ruwan has achieved the certification of Certified Internal Auditor from IIA-Australia, focusing on Internal Audit and Risk Management. Ruwan has also acquired the Chartered Global Management Accountant degree from The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, specializing in Accounting and Business/Management. Furthermore, they have obtained the PMIIA certification from IIA-Australia, specializing in Internal Audit.

In terms of additional certifications, Ruwan has completed the Telstra Data Driven Decision Making course from Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning in September 2021.