About Us

Our team is drawn from diverse backgrounds with proven experience working in the public and private sectors. Founded by George Skillin and Michael McRoberts in 2017, we began with seven staff and a mission to provide quality financial advisory services for government. Today we have five subsidiaries and more than 140 consultants across six state and territories, providing services to local, state and federal departments and agencies; and the education and private sectors. Chartertech also has the largest federal government-focussed IBM Cognos and TM1, and TechnologyOne specialist teams in Canberra.

Meet our founding co-directors

George Skillin

George leads the CFO Advisory and IBM TM1/Cognos business practices. He has managed financial and budget management improvement projects across multiple government departments and agencies including the departments of Defence, Home Affairs and Agriculture, as well as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate.

Dedicated to providing strategic management accounting advice to senior executives—with a focus on sustainability, funding, investment and business improvement—his expertise covers a wide range of accounting roles, including process re-engineering, budgeting, costing, asset management, debt management, systems accounting, program assurance and technical accounting advice.

Michael McRoberts

Michael is a highly regarded and experienced finance professional who’s worked in senior leadership roles across the public and private sectors. He’s been responsible for implementing and managing significant government strategic initiatives; and designing and implementing financial and corporate ICT systems within Australian government departments and agencies, as well as publicly listed companies.

He has worked on major business transformation projects for the departments of Defence, Home Affairs, Environment and Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Australian Electoral Commission and the higher education sector. An IT professional, whose skills are backed by his experience as a Chartered Accountant, he has a proven track record in the delivery of highly complex finance ICT solutions.