Our people
Claudia Migotto, Deputy Auditor-General
Claudia joined the Audit Office in January 2016 and was appointed to the role of Deputy Auditor-General in October 2024.
Prior to this, for over seven years, Claudia was Assistant Auditor-General Performance Audit, overseeing the delivery of more than 140 performance audit reports. Her leadership in this role has been instrumental in ensuring that parliamentarians are equipped with the information they need to hold government to account for its use of public resources.
In her role as Deputy Auditor-General, Claudia’s role expands to encompass financial as well as systems assurance, cyber and data audits.
Claudia has a wealth of public sector managerial and senior leadership experience across a range of NSW and Commonwealth government agencies including the National Mental Health Commission, the COAG Reform Council, NSW Ministry of Health, and the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. Her work in reporting on the performance of governments has encompassed a diverse range of sectors including health system performance, disability, mental health, drug and alcohol issues, gender equity, Indigenous communities and housing.
Claudia holds masters degrees in public policy and public health, a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Scott Stanton, Assistant Auditor-General, Head of Systems Assurance, Cyber and Data
Scott joined the Audit Office in 1987 and has significant experience leading the delivery of financial audit services to diverse public sector auditees, including those in the transport, electricity and university sectors. From 1 January 2023, Scott leads the Systems Assurance, Cyber and Data Branch, which seeks to respond through our audits to the pervasive risks and opportunities associated with Information Technology, and the growing availability of large amounts of data within the NSW public sector. Scott has previously served on CPA Australia’s NSW Divisional Council and is a past chair of CPA Australia’s NSW Public Sector Committee.
Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, is a fellow CPA and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Aaron Green, Assistant Auditor-General, Head of Financial Audit
Aaron joined the Audit Office in 1999 and was appointed Assistant Auditor-General in January 2019. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and is a Chartered Accountant.
Aaron has significant experience in leading the delivery of audit services to a diverse range of public sector auditees across the state, university and local government sectors. Aaron leads our financial audits in the state government sector with a focus on whole-of-government reporting.
Brad Medina, Assistant Auditor-General, Financial Audit
Brad was appointed as Assistant Auditor-General Financial Audit in June 2025. He leads the Audit Office’s local government and utilities sectors.
Prior to joining the Audit Office, Brad was Senior Executive Director at the Australian National Audit Office where he led audits in the infrastructure, energy and climate change portfolios.
Brad is a Bachelor of Commerce with distinction, a Chartered Accountant, and holds a Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting.
Renee Meimaroglou, Assistant Auditor-General, Financial Audit
Having worked in the NSW public service for nearly 20 years, mostly with the Audit Office including in the position of Lead Director in the Financial Audit Branch, Renee Meimaroglou’s experience has included overseeing audits of the NSW total state sector accounts and agencies within the electricity, health and university sectors.
Renee now leads the Audit Office’s sustainability and climate change reporting as well as the Government Sector Audit mandate for the Auditor-General to consider wastage of public resources.
She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, an Executive Master of Public Administration, is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a qualified Chartered Accountant. Renee is currently the Vice Chair of the CAANZ Public Sector Advisory Panel.
Susie Harwood, Assistant Auditor-General, Performance Audit
Susie has extensive and highly-regarded public sector leadership experience, including at the Premier’s Department as the Executive Director, Strategic Implementation, at the Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade as the Executive Director Strategic Projects, and at Transport for NSW as the Executive Director, Freight. She has also worked as a non-executive board director and solicitor, and was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court in 2006.
Susie has a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Art Theory and History, a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, and a Diploma in Financial Services. She was appointed as Assistant Auditor-General Performance Audit in January 2025.
Xiaoyan Lu, Executive Director, Corporate, Experience and Strategy
Xiaoyan Lu is a strategic executive leader with deep expertise in complex public sector operating environments. She has a proven record of designing and delivering transformative strategies in fiscally constrained contexts, balancing compliance, performance, and innovation.
Xiaoyan joined the Audit Office of New South Wales in February 2025 as Chief Strategist for Digital Uplift and led its responsible AI adoption, following 7 years in senior roles at the Australian National Audit Office, including Acting Group Executive Director for Systems Assurance and Data Analytics Group. Before her auditing career, she spent 11 years at the Australian Sports Commission, where she led nationwide research initiatives and advanced data driven decision making across the sport sector.
In 2020, she received the Australia Day Achievement Medallion for advancing data driven audit outcomes, mentoring emerging leaders, and fostering a culture of innovation.
Xiaoyan holds a Masters in Applied Statistics, a Masters by research in Environmental Sciences, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Science. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
She was appointed Executive Director, Corporate, Experience and Strategy Branch in March 2026.
Peter Coulogeorgiou, Executive Director, Quality, Improvement and Performance
Peter Coulogeorgiou has over 25 years experience in audit and finance roles.
Peter’s early career was in financial audit, leading the delivery of audit services to a diverse range of public sector clients including those in the health, transport and central agencies sector. Peter then moved into senior finance roles. He is a fellow of CPA Australia and is currently the Deputy Chair of CPA Australia’s NSW Public Sector Committee.
Peter originally joined the Audit Office in 2003 and after leaving to work in other areas of the NSW public sector, returned in 2016. He was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in April 2017 prior to his appointment as Executive Director, Finance and Performance in March 2023.