Bruce is an established governance and risk expert within the public sector, with active membership of audit and risk committees since leaving the Office of the Auditor-General in 2015. He is the independent chair of 14 local authority audit and risk committees across the country, and he is the Chair of the Ministry for Primary Industries Risk and Assurance committee.

He is also the independent chair of Regional Software Holdings Limited (RSHL), a collaborative services venture primarily based within the regional council sector.

Bruce’s advisory work includes quick shopping with members of the public sector on defining governance including risk governance. He also undertakes this work for a number of the professional bodies associated with the public sector.