He joined the organisation after being appointed as Director Inspections in February 2013, and his responsibilities comprised heading the regulatory monitoring (inspections) and remediation of registered auditors in South Africa. In his professional career, he has held positions at several small and large auditing firms. His last position before joining the regulator was that of director and regional (provincial) head of the fifth largest audit network firm in South Africa at the time.
In the past 28 years, Imre has gained extensive experience in performing audits, audit regulation, audit quality monitoring and audit quality control. He has also attained comprehensive knowledge in accounting, risk management, forensic audit and public sector advisory.
On the international front, Imre currently serves as a Board member and Audit and Finance Committee Chairperson of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR), an organisation made up of independent audit regulators from 56 jurisdictions.
