Lachlan Rasheed

Executive summary

Lachlan is a CFO Advisory Director with BDO in Canberra. He is an experienced finance professional with more than 16 years of experience providing financial advisory services to federal government clients.

Lachlan specialises in federal government investment planning, delivery, and reporting with broad experience across various agencies. His focus is on enabling government organisations to make confident financial decisions that achieve sustainable, transparent, and measurable results for the community.

Expertise

• Investment planning 
• Budgeting and cost management 
• Complex cost estimation 
• Functional and efficiency reviews
• Business case development 
• Finance and corporate function improvement 
• Commercial and procurement services
• Activity-based costing and funding reviews

Experience

• Agency public program transformation investment: Led business cases supporting significant government policy objectives for the Department of Defence (multiple areas) and federal government agencies 
• Financial management and complex cost analysis: Led multiple projects across the Department of Defence, managing and costing billions of dollars of defence capability, including developing financial management reporting, program finance management, and cost assurance activities across multiple domains 
• Commercial and procurement support: Providing commercial and procurement services to support the Department of Defence in navigating complex policy and legislative requirements, while continuing to deliver successful outcomes and achieve value for money.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
• Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting
• Diploma, Government Procurement and Contract Management
• Member, CA ANZ.

Professional engagements and activities

• Treasurer, ACT Region Crimestoppers, November 2022 - Present