Australian Government
Australian Accounting Standards Board
AASB Principal and Co-Lead Sustainability
As AASB Principal, Lachlan co-leads the Sustainability Reporting team, together with Charis Halliday. He is responsible for the team’s technical projects and standard-setting initiatives, including the development of the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS). Additionally, Lachlan leads domestic stakeholder engagements, implementation support and technical staff management.
His experience includes more than 15 years working across sustainability standard-setting, academic and private-sector roles. Prior to joining the AASB, he researched and taught sustainability, accounting and finance. He also obtained professional experience in the private sector working on complex forensic accounting and insolvency matters. This diverse background informs his approach to standard-setting and problem-solving at the AASB.