Auditor General Meets the President of India
Auditor General, Sue Winspear, attended the 23rd Commonwealth Auditors General Conference in New Delhi, India last month. The Commonwealth Auditors General have met once every three years since the 1950s to share best practice in public audit by countries of the Commonwealth who mainly use the “Westminster” style of Government. The conference was attended by 74 participants from 36 countries and focused on fostering partnerships for capacity development in public audit with two main conference sub themes on leveraging technology and environmental audit.
The sessions on the conference sub theme “leveraging technology” were chaired by Professor Mussa Assad, the Auditor General of Tanzania and Sue was one of the “best practice” presenters on this theme sharing how the Cayman Islands Audit Office uses technology in its audit practice with the other chosen presenters being from South Africa, Kenya, Malaysia, India, Pakistan and the UK.
The Conference also enabled delegates to hear from Shri Arun Jaitley, the Indian Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence who gave an overview of the Indian economy focusing on its strengths and recent initiatives including measures to widen the tax base. The Finance Minister then sponsored a cultural night where Sue was proud to represent the Cayman Islands by wearing the Caymanian national costume (with thanks to Ms. Zeta Bodden for its loan). Finally, at the conclusion of the conference, the 25 Auditors General in attendance were honoured to be given an audience with the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, at the Presidential Palace.
More information / quotes can be obtained by contacting Sue Winspear, Auditor General at (345) 244-3201.