Stephan Livera is a cryptocurrency media personality and audit manager based out of Sydney, Australia.

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Stephan Livera grew up in Sydney and attended Waverley College.

He was the college prefect and was involved in debate, cadets, soccer, and tennis.

Livera holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

At UNSW, he was involved inUNSW Law Revue, UNSW Med Revue, UNSW CSE Revue.

In 2015, Livera earned his Chartered Accountant designation.

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Stephan Livera is the host of the Stephen Livera Podcast, which is primarily focused on Bitcoin and Austrian economics.

He has interviewed guests including Patri Friedman, Zac Prince, Francis Pouliot, and Etienne Larrivee.

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Stephan Livera is an internal auditor and chartered accountant with more than 7 years of experience.

He currently works as an Audit Manager in the Group Audit & Assurance department at the Commonwealth Bank with a focus on Enterprise Services.

He previously worked as an Internal Auditor at Boral and a Experienced Analyst in Risk Services at Deloitte.

^[1]Livera's experience ranges across banking and financial services, public sector, construction materials and higher education.

He has performed financial control audits, IT audits, project audits, business operational audits and regulatory compliance audits.

He has experience in both the compliance auditing approach and the modern risk-based approach to internal audit.

Livera also has experience incorporating the use of data analytics and risk culture into audits.

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