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27th PASAI Congress, Naoero


opening address:

His Excellency The Honourable David WR Adeang MP
President, Republic of Naoero

President Adeang was born on 24 November 1969. He is the 17th President of the Republic of Nauru, first sworn into office on 30 October 2023 and unanimously re-elected on 14 October 2025. 

The longest-serving member of the current Parliament, he has represented the Ubenide Constituency since entering politics in 2001 and has served as Speaker of Parliament and held numerous senior ministerial portfolios, including Finance, Foreign Affairs, Justice and Minister Assisting the President. Also held various senior positions in the Public Service.

President Adeang currently oversees Public Service, Finance and Sustainable Development, Multicultural Affairs, Health, Eigigu Procurement Limited and Eigigu Solutions Corporation. 

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of the South Pacific and a Master of Arts in Foreign Affairs and Trade from the Australian National University, and completed a programme in investment appraisal and management at Harvard University. 

Keynote Speaker:

The Honourable Isabela Dageago MP
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Republic of Naoero

Hon Isabella Dageago MP is also the Deputy Minister responsible for Education, Infrastructure, Information, Communication and Technology, Media, Cenpac, Naoero Utility Corporation, NPRT and ESC and NRPCC. First elected to Parliament in 2019 and re-elected in 2022 and 2025, she previously served as Minister for Health, Women’s Affairs and Home Affairs. Before entering politics, she worked as a qualified nurse for 15 years, including 7 years as Assistant Director of Nursing.

Panellists:

Aafreen Siddiqui Sherwani
Asia-Pacific Engagement Lead, UNDP

Aafreen Siddiqui is the Regional Lead for Future of Governance and Public Sector Innovation at the UNDP Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, as well as the Head of the Secretariat for Our Common Air, a global commission dedicated to combating air pollution. With over a decade of experience, Aafreen is a passionate, results-oriented development professional specializing in policy advocacy and innovation.

A TEDx speaker and recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in GovTech in 2021, Aafreen has received the WebWonderWomen 2019 award from the Government of India and Twitter. She serves as a mentor to three incubation centers and five startups, demonstrating her commitment to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.

Aafreen possesses a unique blend of expertise working with both the UN and government, managing people, projects, and partnerships effectively. An innovative thinker and resource mobilizer, she is also an avid blogger.

Ajay Sharma PSM
Auditor-General, Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

Mr Sharma was appointed as the 6th Auditor-General for the (ACT) for a 7-year term effective 8 February 2026 after taking an Oath of Office with the Speaker at the ACT Legislative Assembly.

Prior to his appointment, Mr Shama was the Assistant Auditor-General, Financial Audits and acted as ACT Auditor-General on several occasions since 2018. He began his career with Deloitte and later joined the ACT Audit Office with a career in public service spanning more than 30 years. Mr Sharma has extensive experience and knowledge of risk management, public sector administration, audit practice management, procurement, human resource management and legislative frameworks governing the ACT Public Service. Mr Sharma was awarded the Commissioner for Public Administration Award for People Management in 2008. In 2023 he was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service to finance, and in strengthening accountability and transparency throughout the ACT Public Service.

Mr Sharma has a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Accounting and Economics and a Master of Business Administration in Finance. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Professional Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Australia.

Mr Sharma has a passion for improving transparency and accountability in the public sector and improving critical government services provided to the community.

Anthony Kimuli
Director of Audit, SAI Uganda

Anthony is a professional Accountant and a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and Uganda Institute of Certified Public Accountant. Anthony also holds a Master of Science in Oil and Gas Accounting (with Distinction) from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen (Scotland-UK) and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University - EBS Scotland. Anthony has worked with the Office of the Auditor General since 1994 and has supervised value for money audits in the extractive industries value chain, and on gender and environmental topics, as well as efficiency studies in the health sector.

Archana Shirsat
Deputy Director General, Professional and Relevant SAIs, INTOSAI Development Initiative

Ms Shirsat’s department supports SAIs in moving towards full compliance with standards and in demonstrating ongoing relevance to stakeholders by fostering innovation in audit and education practices, leveraging on technological advancement and facilitating audit impact.

As a member of the IDI management team, she is also involved in strategy, advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge sharing efforts of IDI.

Ms Shirsat started her career in public sector audit as an Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer in 1995. She has held various management positions in the SAI of India. Prior to joining the IDI in 2012, Ms Shirsat worked as Principal Director of Audit and Member Audit Board in Mumbai, India, where she was responsible for the audit of public sector companies in oil and gas sector, aviation and railways.

Benjamin Cruz
Public Auditor, Guam

Benjamin is a retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam and the former Speaker of the 34th Guam Legislature. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from Claremont Men's College in 1972 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Santa Clara Law School in 1975. Today, his abiding commitment to public service continues as Public Auditor of the Guam Office of Public Accountability. During his distinguished career spanning all three branches of government, his work has been marked with fairness, tenacity and compassion. Previous positions include his work as Chairman of the Legislative Committee on Appropriations and Adjudication for 3 consecutive terms; federally-appointed Commissioner of the Guam War Claims Review Commission; Judge in the Superior Court of Guam; Director of the Guam Liaison Office in Washington, DC; Legal Counsel for Governor Ricardo J Bordallo; and Assistant Consumer Counsel in the Attorney General’s Office.

Bola Oyetunji
Auditor-General of New South Wales

Bola has extensive executive leadership experience in strategy formulation, governance, data analytics, finance, accounting, and auditing at all levels of government. 

He holds an Honours degree in economics and a Master of Commerce degree in finance. He is also a qualified CPA and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

In his early career, Bola gained valuable industry experience at two of the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms, honing his skills in client management over five years. 

He joined the Audit Office of New South Wales in 2001 as a Director in the Financial Audit Branch, and over the following 16 years he solidified and deepened his knowledge of the state’s public sector, overseeing the superannuation, insurance and finance industries. 

In 2018, Bola was appointed Senior Executive Director at the Australian National Audit Office in Canberra, and in 2021 was made Group Executive Director. Bola became Auditor-General for New South Wales in April 2024.

Budi Yanto
Head of INTOSAI, ASOSAI and ASEANSAI Cooperation, SAI Indonesia

Dr Caralee McLiesh PSM
Auditor-General for Australia

Caralee was appointed as the 16th Auditor-General for Australia in November 2024. Prior to her appointment, Caralee served as the Secretary and Chief Executive of the New Zealand Treasury for 5 years, where she led the Treasury and its advice through the COVID-19 pandemic and worked with the New Zealand Government to deliver budgets and a range of legislative and policy reforms. Caralee has also served in the New South Wales public service. She was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2017 for outstanding service to social impact investment policy and reform in New South Wales. Caralee began her career at the Boston Consulting Group, before working with the International Red Cross in Botswana and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and then the World Bank in Washington DC. She is a Fellow of Certified Practising Accountants (FCPA).

Dali Mulkana
Director, SAI Indonesia

Dali Mulkana is an Indonesian public sector official and auditor. He serves as a Director and Head of Training Planning and Implementation at the Badiklat PKN BPK RI (Training Institute of State Financial Audit for the Supreme Audit Board of Indonesia).

Dave Barry
Deputy Auditor-General, Victoria

Dave joined VAGO in 2017. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of the Alpine Shire Council in north-east Victoria. Dave is responsible for the operations at VAGO, overseeing corporate services and our audit business units (financial audit and parliamentary reports and services). A key focus of this is delivering better and lower-cost outcomes for our clients and the wider Victorian community. Dave also acts as Auditor-General in Andrew Greaves’ absence.

Desmond Wildin
Director of Audit Cook Islands

Dora Deleon Guerrero
Temporary Public Auditor, Northern Mariana Islands

Esther Lameko-Poutoa is the Chief Executive of the PASAI Secretariat. She is responsible for leading the PASAI Secretariat team to deliver the strategic plan, to engage and support supreme audit institutions in the region to deliver their individual objectives and responsibilities while working closely with stakeholders and development partners.

Florence Bonnafoux
President of the Territorial Chamber of Accounts of New Caledonia

Florence has been the President of the Territorial Chamber of Accounts of New Caledonia since June 2021. Prior to her appointment in Nouméa, she was section president at the Île-de-France regional audit chamber for health and medico-social sector organisations. Florence started her career in the private sector in the United Kingdom and specialises in the management of public policies and external auditing, verifying the proper use of public funds and the performance of public management.

Gaurav Rai
Director, SAI India

Gurav Rai is currently posted at the India Audit Office, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, an overseas office of the CAG of India responsible for auditing Indian Government establishments and entities across 21 countries in the Asia and Oceania region.

Previously, he served as Director, Centre for Data Management and Analytics (CDMA) and Director, Information Systems (IS) in SAI India, where he led initiatives relating to data analytics, digital audit, emerging technologies and the application of AI in public audit. He was also involved in major digital transformation projects, including the deployment of an enterprise-wide Audit Management System and the implementation of a Zero Trust Network Architecture across more than 150 offices of SAI India.

In addition, Mr Rai represented India in discussions under the G20 framework on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in 2023, focusing on governance, accountability and the responsible adoption of AI. By academic background, he am a Computer Science Engineer, with further qualifications in Economics and International Relations, which has allowed him to work at the intersection of technology, governance, public policy and audit.

Grant Taylor
Controller and Auditor-General, New Zealand

Grant Taylor began his term as on 3 July 2025.

Grant graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration. He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Grant started his career at the Office before moving to private practice. He was previously a Managing Partner in a multi-disciplinary professional services firm, the appointed auditor for a number of significant public organisations, and an adviser to many more.

His experience also includes providing advice to clients in the property, aged care, energy, and mining sectors. Before his appointment, Grant chaired, or was a member of, a number of advisory boards for public organisations.

Hussain Niyazy
Auditor General, Maldives

Auditor General Hussain Niyazy is a public audit professional with extensive experience in finance, accounting and audit. He is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA) and also Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) who counts over 18 years of service experience at the Auditor General’s Office (AGO).

Mr Niyazy started his career in the AGO, formerly the Maldives Audit Office as an Accounting Officer Trainee in 1997. Since then he has shown a genuine interest in the field and has contributed immensely to the development and strengthening of public audit and public financial management systems in the country.

He played a vital role in the establishment and development of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Maldives (CA Maldives) in which he currently holds the position of the President.

Prior to his appointment as the Auditor General, he led the Financial Audit Division as the Assistant Auditor General and presides over the regulation of the private sector audit profession. He was the Chair of the Licensing and Disciplinary Committee of the Auditor General – till the formation of CA Maldives – and the Chair of the Admission and Licensing Committee of CA Maldives till his appointment as the Auditor General.

Jean-Luc Le Mercier
Président CTC de la Polynésie française

Jonas Guterres
Anti-Corruption Programme Officer, UNODC Pacific Office

Junior Patrick
Auditor General Marshall Islands and Micronesia Representative to the Governing Board

Mr Patrick was appointed on January 11th, 2011 as the 4th Auditor-General of the Government of Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Prior to his appointment as Auditor-General, Mr Patrick was the Chief of Accounting and later became Assistant Secretary of Finance for Accounting and Administration where he oversaw the accounting and administration function of the RMI Ministry of Finance. During his tenure with the Ministry of Finance, Mr Patrick was also appointed government representative on several governmental entities’ Boards.

Mr Patrick holds a Bachelor of Business Degree (Major in Accounting) from Manukau Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand.

Karen Wong
Manager of Performance Audit Practice and Methodology, SAI New Zealand

Karen specialises in conducting, managing and instructing public sector performance audits and international auditing standards.

Khalid Hamid
Auditor General, Turks and Caicos

Khalid Hamid was appointed Auditor General of the Turks and Caicos Islands following a competitive process. Mr Hamid brings more than 30 years of international public audit experience, having held senior leadership positions in the United Kingdom, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. His career spans audit standard setting, institutional strengthening and capacity development initiatives across the global supreme audit community. He formerly chaired the Financial Audit and Accounting Subcommittee of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and currently serves as a member of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Professional Accountancy Organization Development & Advisory Group. For the past 5 years, he has served as International Director at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), promoting world class public financial management practices.

Lotomo’ua Tu'ungafasi
Auditor General, Tonga

Prior to her appointment, Mrs Tu’ungafasi was the Chief Executive Officer at Tonga Post Limited from 2022. However, she has more than 20 years of auditing experience with a particular focus on compliance auditing, having served at the Tonga Office of the Auditor General from 2000 to 2022 in a variety of roles.

Mrs Tu’ungafasi holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand and a Master of Professional Accounting from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Martin Thompson
Auditor-General, Tasmania

Martin Thompson commenced his term as Auditor-General of Tasmania from 1 May 2024. With broad experience across the public and private sectors Martin brings a great range of expertise to the role. Martin’s career includes internal audit, external audit, special investigations, risk management and probity services.

Having held senior positions with both the Victorian and National Audit Offices Martin has developed an excellent understanding of governance and probity issues from an audit office perspective. Working across all three levels of Government (Commonwealth, State and Local) has provided Martin with invaluable insight into the governance and operational issues facing a wide range of organisations.

Matanyahu Englman
Former Auditor-General, Israel

Meegan Reinhard
Program Director, PASAI

Meegan Reinhard is responsible for PASAI’s performance audit, training plan and stakeholder management programs. Her portfolio of SAIs includes Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and Palau.

Meegan has more than 15 years of audit experience. This includes managing performance audits at the Australian National Audit Office on border security, financial regulation and social policy topics. For the 6 years before joining the Secretariat, she was an Advisor to the Auditor-General of Papua New Guinea and his office.

Nathan Callaway
Executive Director, SAI Australia

Peter Welch
UNDP consultant

Ruth Kelly
Chief Analyst, SAI United Kingdom

Satrunino (Nino) Tewid
Public Auditor of the Republic of Palau

Public Auditing has been a lifetime career for Nino who first joined the Office of the Public Auditor in 1985 as a Junior Auditor, promoted later to Senior Auditor, and then Assistant Public Auditor. Nino has served as Acting Public Auditor and Public Auditor since 1990.

Tsakani Maluleke
Auditor-General of South Africa
INTOSAI Capacity Building Committee Chair
IDI Board Member

Tsakani Maluleke is the first woman to be the Auditor General of South Africa in the institution’s 109-year history. Her background as a Chartered Accountant spans more than 20 years, with experience in both the private and public sectors, and in areas as diverse as auditing, consulting, corporate advisory, development finance, investment management and skills development agencies.

Tsakani served on the Presidential Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Advisory Council, where she successfully led a subcommittee that developed recommendations for broad-based black economic empowerment. As Chairperson of the CA Charter Council, she led the first BEE sector charter, which focused on key transformation initiatives that improved access for black people to enter the profession. As a nonexecutive member of the Financial Advisory & Intermediary Services (FAIS) Ombud committee, she advised the setting up of the FAIS Ombud office. Her commitment to service excellence and ethical leadership, and her contribution to transformation has been recognised and awarded by the Presidents of ABASA, AWCA and Black Management Forum.

Vincent Misi
Acting Auditor General, Solomon Islands

Facilitators:

Manoharan Nair
Auditor General, Nauru

Mr Manoharan Nair has served as the Auditor General of the Republic of Nauru for the past 14 years and continues to lead initiatives in strengthening the nation’s public sector auditing, financial management, and governance. Under his leadership, SAI Nauru has made significant strides in strengthening its independence, capacity, and quality of work. His efforts have focused on adopting and implementing PASAI’s audit manuals, improving compliance audit practices, and enhancing strategic planning to align with the nation’s objectives of accountability and transparency.

Mike Scott
Deputy Chief Executive, Operations, PASAI.

Mike is responsible for leading PASAI’s annual strategic planning and work program planning processes, providing program oversight and reporting on operational service delivery.

Mike has amassed more than 30 years of performance audit experience in a variety of senior audit roles, including stints at the National Audit Office of the United Kingdom, the Office of the Auditor-General in New Zealand, the Australasian Council of Auditors-General (ACAG), New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs and the New Zealand Police.

Sarah Markley
Director of International Engagement, Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand; Deputy Secretary-General, PASAI

Before joining the Office of the Auditor-General in 2007 Sarah was an Audit Manager at Audit New Zealand. Sarah also provides support and advice to the Chief Executive to assist the Secretariat in achieving the goals set out in the PASAI Strategy.

Susana Laulu
Program Director, PASAI

Susana is responsible for PASAI’s financial audit, compliance audit and GEDSI programs. Her portfolio of SAIs includes American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.

Before joining the Secretariat in 2023, Susana was the Chief Executive Officer of the Development Bank of Samoa and has more than 25 years of experience in financial auditing, financial management, governance, banking, public policy and business strategy.