Philippe Peuch-Lestrade

Philippe is a former Strategic Senior Executive to the IIRC and a former Partner at Ernst & Young. He was an advisor to La Poste, Areva, the European Union, the French Ministry of Finance and the Cour des Comptes. Philippe has led research groups for the Association of Chartered Accountants and launched the French Association for Audit Development.

He has been a professor of Public Finance at the Paris University and published technical books such as ‘The French Reference Book on Accounting’, ‘Mastering Environmental Challenges’, ‘Internal Audit within Local Governments’ and ‘Guide to Auditing’.

Philippe is a Master of Literature, has a Post Graduate Diploma in Political Economy, was a member of the French Oversight Committee of the public rules and was, until December 2011, the Global Government and Public Sector Leader for Ernst and Young. He was previously the Financial Services Leader in France and Continental Western Europe Area. Philippe is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.