Mr Couttas has had spend 40 years with Deloitte including 28 years as partner. In his years at Deloitte he worked in audit across sectors, specialising in ASX100 clients. His expertise includes accounting, finance, auditing, risk management, corporate governance, capital markets and due diligence. Additionally, he held a number of management roles at Deloitte including being the Managing Partner for NSW from 2005 to 2008, chairing the Audit and Risk Committee for eleven years, and was a Member of the Board of Partners for Deloitte Australia from 2005 to 2016. He is also a director of Sydney Water Corporation, Hireup Pty Limited and a member of the Governance Board of The Salvation Army Australia Territory. He is a member of the Risk Committee.