Auditors from NATO countries to work at Ukraine's Defence Ministry

Ukrainska Pravda
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A coordination advisory body for the Internal Audit Department called the Audit Committee has been established at Ukraine's Defence Ministry, which includes internal auditors from NATO member states.

Source: Ukraine's Defence Ministry, with reference to the decree on the committee creation signed by Defence Minister Rustem Umierov

Quote: "The committee is one of the components of the new model for financial control reform in Ukraine's Defence Ministry. The committee includes certified internal auditors from NATO member states and Ukraine, with extensive experience in providing internal audit services.

The Audit Committee is established for consultation and consideration of issues related to the conduct of internal audit activities, preparation of recommendations for improving its work in the Defence Ministry and maintaining high public trust in the Ministry as a state institution. It will strengthen the function of internal audit and meanwhile will be a body that develops its functionality."

Details: The Defence Ministry reported that the committee includes:

  • François Gautier, Head of the NATO's Internal Oversight Service;

  • Joseph Ingignoli, Analyst of Oversight Programs at the Office of Inspector General, United States Department of Defense;

  • John Chesshire, Head of JC Audit Training Ltd and member of the Institute of Internal Auditors;

  • Manfred van Kesteren, EU4PFM International Expert on Public Internal Financial Control;

  • Ruslana Rudnytska, Ukrainian expert on national and international projects under the auspices of Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance and the Accounting Chamber;

  • Yurii Dzhyhyr, Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister;

  • Liudmyla Darahan, State Secretary of Ukraine's Defence Ministry.

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