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List of local government sector managers
Jonathan Keate
Sector Manager
Jonathan joined the Office of the Auditor-General in November 1995. He spends half of his time as a Sector Manager in the Local Government team with responsibility for city, district, and regional councils in the lower South Island, miscellaneous local government Trusts, council-controlled organisations, the Ministry for the Environment, and the Environmental Risk Management Authority. He spends the other half of his time as a Senior Solicitor in the Legal team.
Jonathan represents the Auditor-General on an international group of audit offices that conduct environmental audits, and leads the Office's work on environmental auditing and sustainability.
Before coming to the OAG, Jonathan worked for the Department of Internal Affairs as a Senior Policy Analyst.
Sarah Lineham
Sector Manager
Sarah joined the Office of the Auditor-General in 2007, having been at Audit New Zealand since 1996. She works with the Local Government team on challenges in the sector, including amendments and reporting against the first audited Long-Term Council Community Plans. Sarah also works with stakeholders to improve the preparation of Long-Term Council Community Plans and to improve the relevance of annual reports.
As a sector manager Sarah is responsible for Council-controlled organisations, licensing trusts, and cemetery trusts.
Tony Uttley
Sector Manager
Tony joined the Office of the Auditor-General in October 2006.
Before joining us, Tony was an Associate Director in the Christchurch office of Audit New Zealand, and before that was with KPMG in the United Kingdom.
Tony's current responsibilities within the Local Government sector cover City, District, and Regional Councils, and associated entities in Auckland and Far North regions, electricity lines companies, ports, and airports. He is also responsible for wider transport issues.
During his time in the Office, Tony has been responsible for a number of entities dealt with by our Parliamentary Group, and retains some responsibilities in this area.
Andrea Reeves
Sector Manager
Andrea joined the Office of the Auditor-General in March 2009. Before joining the Office, Andrea was an Audit Manager at Audit New Zealand.
As a sector manager in the Local Government team, Andrea is responsible for city, district, and regional councils and associated entities in the Taranaki, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty regions, ports, airports, and cemetery trusts.