The Governors office of the Turks and Caicos Islands has announced that the country will soon have a Chief Auditor by the end of this month.
An issue which has been addressed several times by H.E. Governor Richard Tauwhare is finally being adhered to by the Foreign Commonwealth Office.
Although no name has been given at this time, the successful applicant is well-qualified and has long experience within the region.
News of this came out of the Foreign Affairs Committee Oral evidence from the FCO Parliamentary Relations Team in a report.
“The Governor has been working since July 2007 to fill this post and has kept the FCO in close touch with developments. He sought and secured salary uplift from the local government to attract well-qualified candidates and, since it continued to prove difficult to find a suitable candidate before the former Chief Auditor left.
“He arranged for an experienced Auditor from the UK Audit Commission to fill the post on a temporary basis to ensure that there was no gap following the departure of the former Chief Auditor in November 2007, “said the FCO report.
The Acting Chief Auditor left his post in March and efforts to find another temporary auditor were unsuccessful.
“The gap has been kept down to two months and the Governor has invited the former Acting Chief Auditor to return to TCI in May to provide a comprehensive handover to his successor.”
