Maria Fuata
Deputy Director-General Operations and Integration, Pacific Community (SPC)

Maria is part of SPC’s Senior Executive Team leading the Operations and Management Directorate, comprising finance, human resources, IT, publications, property and facilities management, translation and interpretation, legal services, travel, library and administration.

Maria is a seasoned senior finance and management executive who has worked in Fiji and in New Zealand and has more than 20 years of expertise across senior finance and corporate operational roles, program management and auditing.

Maria hails from the villages of Juju, Pepjei and Itumuta in Rotuma. She was born and raised in Fiji and has spent the last 20 years in New Zealand where she has been an active and passionate advocate for capability and confidence building in Pasifika communities, as well as for the preservation of her Rotuman language and culture for future generations.

Maria holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Auckland (New Zealand). She is also a graduate of University of the South Pacific (Suva, Fiji) with a Bachelor of Arts with double majors in Accounting & Financial Management and Management & Public Administration.

Maria previously served as part of the Executive Leadership Team of the Hanga-aro-rau workforce development council, as Deputy Board Chair of the Pacific Media Network and as a board member of the Pacific Business Trust.

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.

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).

David Dennis
Auditor-General, Solomon Islands

David is an experienced banking executive, board director and financial services professional with a successful track record in the Pacific. He is passionate about developing communities in Solomon Islands and the Pacific.

Eriati Tauma Manaima
Auditor General, Kiribati

Eriati is an experienced Senior Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the Government and banking industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Analytical Skills, Customer Service, Project Appraisals and Management, Government and Strategic Planning. Strong finance professional graduated from Bond University.

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.

Gordon Kega
Auditor General, Papua New Guinea,

Gordon holds an MBA and is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA). He has overseen the implementation of the TeamMate+ audit software and has been involved in various audit reports, including those related to APEC and public accounts.

Imase Taai Kaunatu
Auditor General, Tuvalu

Imase holds a qualification as an accountant. A native of Funafuti, Tuvalu, Imase completed her Bachelor’s degree in accounting at the University of the South Pacific. Following this, she also obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Fraud and Forensic Accounting, as well as a master degree in Professional Accounting.

With over a decade of experience in auditing, she embarked on her career at the Office of the Auditor-General of Tuvalu in 2005, starting as an assistant auditor. Over the years, she progressively advanced through the office ranks, culminating in her appointment as the Auditor-General in September 2021.

Michael Harris
Auditor-General, Australian Capital Territory

Michael was appointed to the role of ACT Auditor-General in February 2019 for a 7-year term. Michael has over 40 years experience in public and private organisations across a diverse range of sectors. Michael has held senior executive roles since 1995. In December 2002, Michael was appointed to the positions of Under Treasurer for the Australian Capital Territory and Chief Executive of the ACT Department of Treasury, a role which he fulfilled until November 2003. Michael was then appointed as Chief Executive of Chief Minister’s Department and Head of the Public Service in the ACT Government until February 2007. Michael completed a 4-year contract as Chief Executive and Executive Director of the Australian Automobile Association in March 2011.

Michael has also held a number of senior positions in the WA public service including Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Director General of Transport. Prior to commencing his current role as ACT Auditor-General, Michael was Chair of the Board of Metro Tasmania. Michael was initially appointed as Director of Metro in December 2013 and was then appointed Chair in December 2016. Michael was also appointed the Independent Chair for the Review of the Tasmanian Fire Service Act by Cabinet in 2017.

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.

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.

Bola Oyetunji
Auditor-General for 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. 

Brian Blood
Chief Executive, Confederation of Asian Pacific Accountants (CAPA)

Brian Blood has acted as CAPA Chief Executive since September 2009. He was previously Australia’s representative on the CAPA Board for two years. Prior to joining CAPA, Brian was with global Big 4 accounting firms for 27 years, including 16 years as a Partner. He commenced his career with Arthur Andersen in London, England and transferred to Sydney, Australia in 1985, later joining Ernst & Young. As an audit partner he worked with many large, multi-national corporations. In his last 10 years as a partner, he worked increasingly with public sector clients, in both an audit and advisory capacity. Today, Brian also sits on a number of Audit & Risk Committees in Australia. Brian was very active in the Australian accounting profession, leading to his appointment as President of CPA Australia in 2002. He is a Life Member of CPA Australia and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. In 2003, he was honoured with a Centenary Medal for services to the accounting profession in Australia.

Caleb Sandy
Auditor General Vanuatu and Melanesia Representative to the Governing Board

Carla Jago
Acting Deputy Auditor General, Australian National Audit Office

Carla joined the ANAO as part of the graduate program, after completing degrees in business (major in accounting) and law in Queensland. After progressing through the ranks to the Audit Manager level, she moved to the then Department of Finance and Administration to work in one of the Agency Advice Units in Budget Group. She returned to the ANAO to take up an Executive Director position with the Assurance Audit Services Group (AASG). She is now the Group Executive Director of AASG, being responsible for oversight of the group that delivers financial statements audits for all Australian Government entities and is a member of the ANAO’s Executive Board of Management.

Desmond Wildin
Director of Audit Cook Islands

Fiona Creal
Director, People & Culture at Audit Services, New South Wales

Previously, Fiona was an Executive Manager, Human Resources at Audit Services and also held positions at RailCorp, Ries Rail Services (Australia). Fiona received a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree from University of Sydney and a Master of Organisational Psychology from Macquarie University

Hugo Chudyson
Head of the Audit Department for Environment and Agriculture, SAI Brazil and Coordinator of the Climate Scanner Initiative

Jane Rogers
Sector Manager, Office of the Auditor-General, New Zealand 

Jane joined the OAG in 2011 as a Manager, Quality Assurance. Before joining the office, Jane worked for the Audit Commission in the United Kingdom. She has also held various audit and accountancy roles in the private sector. As Sector Manager, Schools, Jane is responsible for all audit-related interactions with schools and their related entities, and engaging with key stakeholders in the school sector on financial reporting matters.

Jonathan Keate

Jonathan joined the Office of the Auditor-General in November 1995. He spends half of his time as a Sector Manager in the Local Government team with responsibility for city, district, regional councils, and related entities in the lower South Island, the Ministry for the Environment, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, and Climate Change Commission.

Jonathan spends the other half of his time as a Senior Solicitor in the Legal team.

Jonathan represents the Auditor-General on an international group of audit offices that conduct environmental audits, and leads the Office's work on environmental auditing and sustainability in New Zealand and in the Pacific region.

Before coming to the OAG, Jonathan worked for the Department of Internal Affairs as a Senior Policy Analyst.

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.

Keshwa Reddy
Program Manager, Regional Governance, Australian High Commission, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Suva, Fiji

Keshwa is a Fijian national. He was appointed to his current role in 2013, managing a range of DFAT funded regional programs including support to PASAI and the Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre. Financial Inclusion and Market Access programs.

Prior to joining DFAT, Keshwa was the Executive Secretary to Fiji’s 2013 Constitution Review Commission, Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Chief Economist at the Ministry of Finance and Strategic Planning – over 20 years of experience in economic planning and development work. Keshwa holds a master degree in economics from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Leonard Chan
Senior Advisor Governance, Development Economy and Prosperity Division, Pacific and Development Group, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

Leonard is a development and governance specialist with extensive Pacific experience. He has served in these capacities with bilateral, multilateral, and civil society development organisations in the Pacific. He joined the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2007.

Marie Pegie Cauchois
Regional Anti-Corruption Adviser

Marie Pegie Cauchois has worked for the UN since 2012, first in UN Peace Keeping operations in South Sudan, Afghanistan, Central African Republic and Somalia, she then joined UNODC in 2017 and worked in Myanmar as Anti-Corruption Programme manager. She is now Regional Anti-Corruption Adviser and manages the Anti-Corruption Project in 14 Pacific Island countries. Before joining the UN, Ms Pegie Cauchois worked in Vanuatu with AusAid/Australian Federal Police project, Transparency International and the Vanuatu Prime Minister’s Office.

Meegan Reinhard
SAI Australia deployee to SAI Papua New Guinea

Meegan commenced in the performance audit division of SAI Australia in 2010, and has managed performance audits in a variety of sectors, including national security, Indigenous affairs and social services. Since November 2019, Meegan has been SAI Australia’s Senior Advisor to SAI PNG, and acts as an advisor to the Auditor-General and other senior staff on a range of strategic and corporate issues. Meegan lives in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Moshin Ali, MIPA AFA
Assistant Auditor General, Audit Office, Fiji and PASAI representative on INTOSAI Working group on IT Audit (WGITA)

Moshin joined the Office of the Auditor General in March 2006.  He is an experienced audit professional with career highlights in the external audit of Government Agencies, Government Commercial Companies, Banks, Tourism Sector, Utility and Infrastructure Companies, Manufacturing, Donor Funded Projects, Airports, and Transport Regulators. Formulation, Execution and Management of Strategic and Operational plan pertaining to the functioning of a SAI.

He is a Chartered Accountant of the Fiji Institute of Accountants, Member of the Institute of Public Accountants Australia, Associate Member of the Institute of Financial Accountants UK and Certified Facilitator for financial audits on ISSAI standards. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Information Systems, and Post graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting from the University of the South Pacific.

Sally Ramsey
Executive Director, Corporate Management Group (CMG) at the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)

Sally leads the ANAO’s governance, strategy and change, legal services, external relations, ways of working, and communications teams. As part of her role, Sally supports the Auditor-General’s relationship with national and international peers.

Prior to joining CMG, Sally was an Executive Director with the ANAO’s Professional Services Group (PSG). PSG provides high level technical advice to the Auditor-General of Australia and supports the audit and assurance activities of the ANAO with methodology and advice. She has also previously served as an Executive Director in the ANAO’s Performance Audit Services Group where she was responsible for performance audits across several ministries and Australian Government entities including Defence, Veterans’ Affairs, Health, Human Services (now Services Australia), Social Services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Sally joined the ANAO in 2003 as a performance audit analyst.

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.

Scott Stanton
Assistant Auditor-General New South Wales, Head of Systems Assurance, Cyber and Data

Scott Stanton joined the Audit Office in 1987 and was appointed Assistant Auditor-General on 30 August 2010. 

Scott has significant experience in leading the delivery of audit services to a diverse range of public sector clients including those in the transport, electricity and university sectors. Scott has previously served on CPA Australia's NSW Divisional Council and is a past Chair of CPA Australia’s NSW Public Sector Committee.

Shofiqul Islam
Programme Manager, INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)

Responsibility: Manage IDI’s cooperation and capacity development activities with ASOSAI and PASAI, and manage the ISSAI Implementation Initiative (3i Programme) of IDI to support ISSAI implementation of the SAIs of developing countries. From June 2012 to present. Experiences: A member of the SAI of Bangladesh, the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, involved in government auditing, IT auditing, accounting, financial management training and other capacity development activities in the SAI. From 1999 to 2012. As IDI certified Training Specialist acted as instructor for the ASOSAI Workshop on Environment audit, November 2010.

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.

Meresimani Vosawale-Katuba is the Director – South. Based in Fiji, she is focussed on SAIs under the Parliamentary system. She has 13 years’ auditing experience at SAI Fiji and was most recently acting in the role of Manager Performance Audit Services. There she established and led the Quality Assurance Unit. Ms Vosawale-Katuba brings experience in developing manuals, policies and guidelines; conducting training presentations; and carrying out quality assurance reviews of financial audits and performance audits.

Mike Scott is the Director for Performance Audit. Mike specialises in organisation performance assessment and facilitation. Mike brings extensive audit experience to his role, with over three decades working at the UK National Audit Office and the Office of the Auditor-General of New Zealand.