Craig Fisher
Chairman / Audit Director
Chairman of Hayes Knight New Zealand, Craig Fisher joined the firm in 1993 after previously working in New Zealand, London and Japan and has been a Director since early 1996. Craig chairs the Hayes Knight Management Board and is one of three Audit Directors.
Craig represents Hayes Knight New Zealand internationally in the firm's Australasian and wider international affiliations. Craig has considerable audit experience across a wide variety of clients spanning commercial clients, including listed companies and issuers, not-for-profit organisations and schools.
Craig was awarded a Fellowship in 2007 by the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA), is co-author of the Practical Auditing Manual, a regular contributor to industry publications and presenter of accounting and audit related seminars nationwide.
Craig is a member of the Government’s Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (NZAuASB) and was formerly Chairman of the NZICA Professional Standards Board from 2001 to 2008, where he represented New Zealand internationally in the setting of audit and assurance standards. He is on the committee of the NZICA Not for Profit Special Interest Group and is a member of the Institute of Directors.