CE5

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"Effective supreme audit institutions are indispensable to any democracy and form a fundamental component of the accountability mechanisms of a country. In this regard, the ADI portfolio that I lead must make a direct contribution to ensuring that the South African SAI upholds its relevance by way of enabling and conducting audits that are effective and which have a high impact, thereby making a difference to the lives of citizens. This requires the ADI portfolio to enable the South African SAI to be a leader in the auditing profession locally and internationally"

Role

Leads the Audit Development and Innovation (ADI) portfolio which comprises five business units:

· Audit Research and Development

· Information Systems Auditing

· Reputation and Stakeholder Management: Audit

· Performance Auditing

· Investigations

ADI exists to better support and promote core audit activities, i.e. in all the audit disciplines, viz. regularity auditing (including information systems auditing and the auditing of performance information), performance auditing, sustainable development auditing and investigations. This entails researching, developing, training and promoting the application of the latest audit techniques and tools in addition to actually performing information systems audits, performance audits, sustainable development audits and investigations. The portfolio objectives also includes facilitating efficient and relevant auditing as well as outcome analysis processes. Furthermore, the portfolio supports and facilitates constitutional stakeholder relations and interactions.

In addition to serving on the Auditor-General’s executive committee:

· Pramesh chairs the Auditor-General’s technical committee

· As the focal point for all INTOSAI-related matters, he also

serves on the Auditor-General’s advisory committee for INCOSAI 2010
represents the South African SAI on the INTOSAI working group on transparency and accountability
represents the South African SAI on the professional standards steering committee
supports the Auditor-General on the INTOSAI working group on the value and benefits of SAIs.

Prior work experience

Corporate Executive: Audit (Auditor-General of the Republic of South Africa, 1 October 2006 – 31 October 2007)
Business Executive: International Division (Auditor-General of the Republic of South Africa, August 2006 – 30 September 2007)
Director of External Audit, South Africa, United Nations Board of Auditors (New York, USA) (Auditor-General of the Republic of South Africa, June 2000 to July 2006)
Senior Manager: International Division (Auditor-General of the Republic of South Africa, June 1999 – May 2000)
Secondment as a trainee to Deloitte and Touche, Pretoria (January 1998 – June 1999)
Audit Manager: Quality Control (Auditor-General of the Republic of South Africa, February 1997 – December 1997)
Auditor: Technical Support Services (Auditor-General of the Republic of South Africa, June 1994 – January 1997)

Education

Chartered Accountant South Africa
Certificate in the Theory of Accountancy (UNISA, 1998)
BCompt Hons (UNISA), 1996
BCompt (UNISA, 1995)

Awards

Vice chairperson (2001 – 2003) and then chairperson (2004-2006) of the technical committee of the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and International Atomic Energy Agency
Vice chairperson of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa (ABASA), Pretoria Chapter (1998-1999) and Convention Convenor for the 1999 Annual ABASA convention
Deloitte and Touche Award for Confidence (1998): In recognition for being a founding member of Project Siyakhula Accounting (an accounting clinic for secondary school learners in disadvantaged communities)