Speaker Profiles 3rd WGEI Meeting

Mr. John F. S. Muwanga

Auditor General of the Republic of Uganda and Chair of INTOSAI Working Group on Audit of Extractive Industries.

John F. S. Muwanga

Mr. John F. S. Muwanga is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Glamorgan (Wales, UK).

He was originally appointed the Auditor General in 2001 and was reappointed again in July 2007.

He initially worked in the private sector for eleven years where he practiced for six of those years as a Partner with Coopers and Lybrand (now Waterhouse Coopers) in Zambia and then in Malawi. Thereafter he worked in the public sector in Uganda since 1994 as a Consultant (Internal Audit Advisor attached to the Treasury), and also held line positions within the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development as Director Accounts (Accountant General).

During 2006/07 he served on a multi-donor program as the Deputy Head at the PEFA (Public Expenditure & Financial Accountability) secretariat based in Washington D.C. at the World Bank Offices.  The donor partners included amongst others the World Bank, IMF and DFID. He has served on many committees most notably on the Committee on Budget & Finance of the International Criminal Court based in the Hague (2003 to 2006) and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda.

He also served as a member of the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee (UNIAAC) for seven years up until December 2014.  The UNIAAC comprises of a panel of experts who provide advisory services to the United Nations General Assembly.  In addition he also served as a member of the World Bank Multi-lateral Audit Advisory Group.

Mr. Edward R. O. Ouko

Auditor General of the Republic of Kenya.

Mr. Edward R. O. Ouko

Mr. Edward Ouko is the Auditor-General of the Republic of Kenya. He was appointed the Auditor-General on 27 August, 2011. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (FCA) and is a co-opted Council Member of the Institute representing Africa. He is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (CPA) and holds a B.Com Degree (Hons) in Finance and Accounting from the University of Nairobi. Before his appointment, Mr. Ouko was the Auditor-General at the African Development Bank where he directed the audit function and was also in charge of the anti-corruption and fraud function up to June 2010. Mr. Ouko was with the African Development Bank (AfDB) for over 24 years in various capacities.

Prior to joining the Bank in 1987, he worked in London and Nairobi for Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, one of the Big Six accounting firms in the world then, as a staff accountant and later Audit Manager at Deloittes’ Kenya Office.

Mr. Ouko has over 30 years’ experience in matters of auditing, accounting and investigations. He is currently a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and a member of the Advisory Board of the Vienna-based International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA). Mr Ouko is a former member of Audit Committees in certain UN agencies. He is the immediate former Chairman of the Audit Committee of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) for 5 years. He served as an external member of the Audit Committee of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) from May 2006 to May 2011.

Mr. Ouko was involved in close networking with Multi-lateral Development Banks (MDBs) and UN agencies for over 12 years on matters of investigations and audit. He was a working group member of the MDBs and the UN Heads of Internal Audit on revising the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) standard for a new definition of Internal Auditing. In 2003, he was a contributor in drawing up the first Standards of Investigation for the UN, MDBs and OLAF.

In 2005, he was a member of the International Financial Institutions Anti-Corruption Task Force set up by the leaders of the African Development Bank Group, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, Inter-American Development Bank Group and the World Bank to work towards a consistent and harmonized approach to combat corruption in the activities and operations of the member institutions.

Mr. Ouko has participated in many seminars and workshops on Auditing, Accounting, Management, Fraud and Corruption. He is a regular key note speaker and a panelist at the Annual Audit, Risk and Governance Africa Conferences.

Other Contributers:

Ms. Dana Wilkins

Integrity Specialist, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)

Ms. Dana Wilkins

Dana Wilkins is an integrity specialist working at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), an independent think-and-do tank that conducts research, develops data tools, and provides policy advice and training on resource governance issues across the decision chain.

Prior to joining NRGI Dana worked at the CDC Group, the UK government-owned development finance institution, leading on anti-corruption due diligence and additionality. Prior to that she worked at Global Witness leading the South Sudan campaign, and later the Aid Policy campaign.

She holds an MA degree in International and Comparative Law from SOAS, and she received top marks for her dissertation on the limitations of SAIs in natural resource revenue accountability.

Mr. Gabriel Negatu

Regional Director for Eastern Africa

Mr. Gabriel Negatu

Mr. Negatu is the African Development Bank Regional Director for Eastern Africa Regional Resource Center, based in Nairobi.

In this capacity, Mr. Negatu has direct oversight responsibility for thirteen countries in the region, namely: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

His responsibilities include managing an active portfolio of over $6 billion, mainly in infrastructure—power & transport. He also manages the work of project structuring and lending in the public & private sectors. Mr. Negatu also oversees the Bank’s non-lending activities, including advisory services and analytical works.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Negatu was Director of the Bank’s Governance, Economic & Financial Management Department; with operations responsibility for Economic & Financial reforms and the promotion of good governance, in over 30 countries across the continent. Mr. Negatu started his career in the Bank’s Policy and Review Department and has held several senior positions.

Mr. Negatu regularly appears in print and electronic media and is a sought after speaker on Africa’s development, challenges and opportunities.

Mr. Andrew Bauer

Economic Analyst- Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)

Mr. Andrew Bauer Gador

Andrew focuses on economic technical assistance and research to improve natural resource revenue management. His work includes advising governments and civil society on macroeconomic management, governance and accountability mechanisms and local content in the extractives.

Prior to joining NRGI, he served on Canada’s G7/8 and G-20 teams as an international economist at the Department of Finance, where he provided economic policy advice and participated in the planning and execution of the G8 and G-20 Summits as well as preparatory finance ministerials during Canada’s host year. He has held positions in government, nonprofits and the private sector. He has worked for Debt Relief International, UNICEF Canada, Transparency International – Kenya and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in Ghana, among others.

Andrew holds a M.S. in economics for development from Oxford University, where he won a thesis distinction for his work on the monetary transmission mechanism in Tanzania. He also received a B.A. in economics and international development studies from McGill University. He is a native of Montreal.

Mr. Glenn C. Fischer

Senior Analyst
Natural Resources and Environment
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Mr. Glenn C. Fischer

Glenn Fischer has worked at GAO for over 15 years. During that time, he has worked on a variety of engagements related to oil and gas.

This work has included both performance and compliance audits. The range of oil and gas topics he has worked on include royalty payments, measurement, environmental impacts inspections, leasing, and fair return.

Mr. Pierre Fréchette

CCAF’s Research Officer

Mr. Pierre Fréchette

Pierre Fréchette joined the CCAF in January 2013, on interchange from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), where he has worked as a performance auditor for a decade.

At the OAG, Pierre was an environmental auditor with the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development for several years before becoming an Audit Project Leader working on various topics, including governance, national defense and audit methodology. He has also contributed to several special examinations of federal Crown Corporations.

Pierre holds a Bachelor of Biology degree from Université Laval (1999) and a Masters of Environmental Studies from Université de Sherbrooke (2002). As part of his graduate studies, he also attended Université Catholique de Louvain, in Belgium, under a foreign interchange study program.

As the CCAF’s Research Officer, Pierre contributes to research projects and to the development of new performance audit methodology and training products.

Mr. Ingvald Heldal

Senior Advisor OAGN/Advisor Community of Practice

Mr. Ingvald Heldal

Ingvald Heldal is a Senior Advisor at the Office of the Auditor General of Norway and advises the Community of Practice at the INTOSAI Working Group on audit of Extractive Industries.

He has previously worked with coordination and project management at the UN Program for Human Settlements, World Food Program, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Norwegian Refugee Council.

He holds a master degree in law and an MBA.

Mr. Ssali Edward

Coordinator of WGEI – CoP

Mr. Ssali Edward

Edward Ssali is presently the coordinator of WGEI – CoP. He has been involved in audit of extractive industries under the energy sector for the last 5 years and has worked at the OAGU for 15 years.

He is a certified public accountant of Uganda, holds a MSc. in Oil and Gas Accounting with a distinction from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, also has a master’s degree in management studies (Business Administration) from Uganda Management Institute and a Bachelor’s of Commerce (Accounting) from Makerere University.

Ogentho, Maxwell Poul

Director / Corporate Support Executive – SAI Uganda

Maxwell Poul Ogentho

Maxwell is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. He holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance of Makerere University Kampala, diploma in Business studies and another diploma in Performance Auditing.

He is the current Director of Corporate Services and Heads the secretariat of INTOSAI working group on Audit of extractive industries (WGEI) in the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda. Maxwell previously served as Audit Manager in the directorates of Value for Money and Specialized Audit and Local Government Audit for five years. Maxwell is also former Manager of Quality assurance and Audit development department in the office of the Auditor General of Uganda.

Maxwell joined the Office of the Auditor General in 2004 from Local Government financial management and Internal audit having held positions as Chief Internal Auditor and Principal Finance Officer for over ten years.

Maxwell draws part of his experience in service from the Private Sector having held a number of positions in various organisations including Accountant; Administrative officer and Institute Lecturer of Accounting. Maxwell is currently undertaking an academic research in public accountability on the subject of citizens’ behaviour and public accountability with focus in decentralized local governments.

Dr. Nidhal A. Mardaw

Director General – Federal Board of Supreme Audit in Iraq

Dr. Nidhal A. Mardaw

She is a Chartered Accountant with a PhD in accounting since 2004.

Work as Director General responsible for managing Industry Activities, Auditing Office (oil, electricity, industry Ministries), also gives lectures in the field of government, business, accounting and auditing to trainees and Supervises postgraduate students.

She also a member in Iraq Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and a member of restructuring of public companies committee in Iraq.

Mr. Trygve Christiansen

Senior Advisor

Mr. Trygve Christiansen

Trygve Christiansen is working with the International Division in OAGN. He is actively participating in the petroleum audit programme in OAGN, and has been working with capacity building of the National Audit Chamber of South Sudan.

Previously he had been working in the AFROSAI-E Secretariat, mainly as a regularity audit expert. In AFROSAI-E Trygve was also involved in developing guidance material on audit of extractive industries.

Sultan Fadhel Alenezi

Auditor, State Audit Bureau – Kuwait

Sultan Fadhel Alenezi

Bachelors degree in Accounting (2007) from Gulf University for Science and Technology.

Nine years experience, oil sector audit.

Worked in several committees related to environmental audit , professional standards and state audit annual book.

Accomplished an assignment from Kuwait National Assembly (2009) regarding calcined coal .

Accomplished a research regarding (Evaluating governmental taken procedures for applying performance audit (2010).

Hamad Ibrahim Aldahes

Associate Auditor, State Audit Bureau – Kuwait

Hamad Ibrahim Aldahes

2007-2012 Kuwait University.
College of business administration, Accounting.
2012-Today State Auditor, SAB.
Oil sector, Explorations and refineries Department.
2015 IDEA data analysis trainer.
Interactive Data Analysis and Extraction 10 – Case Ware
Analytics.
2016-Today Kuwait University.
Student in college of graduates’ study, MBA.

Mrs. Esther R. Thomas

Regularity Audit Manager, AFROSAI-E

Mrs. R. Esther Thomas, MBA, MoM, AFA, CIDA

Worked at OAGN for 9 years and was Assistant Director General before joining AFROSAI-E. Has broad experience in financial and compliance auditing from OAGN and have audited investment funds, public debt, various entities under Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education.

Prior to auditing worked as Chief Accountant at SND Invest and have also one years teaching experience.

Seconded from Office of the Auditor General of Norway (OAGN) to AFROSAI-E as Regularity Audit Manager since 17 August 2015. Responsible for extractive industries sector, quality assurance reviews and compliance audit methodology.

Education: Executive MBA in finance from Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Master of Management from Norwegian Business School (BI). One year’s programme in English and one year’s programme in education (pedagogic). Certified Investment and Derivative’s auditor (CIDA from US). Certified Financial Analyst (AFA) and Certified Fixed Income Analyst from NFF, Norway.

Mr. Phan Truong Giang

Deputy Director General of the International Cooperation Department,

Mr. Phan Truong Giang

Mr. Phan Truong Giang started his career at the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) in 1996. For the past 20 years, he has devoted himself to the work and was elected the Deputy Director General of the International Cooperation Department in 2013.

Before being promoted as a Deputy Director General, Mr. Giang used to be a dedicated professional auditor with combined experience in many audit fields, ranging from defense and security service, state-owned enterprises and financial companies, audit quality control to annual reporting and audit quality controlling, etc.

He has extensive knowledge and experience in doing performance audits, environmental audits, audits of public debts and scientific researches. He has so far taken part in several international professional activities in cooperation with a number of Supreme Audit Institutions within ASOSAI and ASEANSAI.

Mr. Ernest N. T. Rubondo

Director, Directorate Of Petroleum
Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Development, Uganda

Mr. Ernest N. T. Rubondo

Completed an MSc in Petroleum Reservoir Geology at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London in 1990 and worked briefly with Scott Pickford Plc in the United Kingdom. Returned to Uganda to participate in field geological and geophysical data acquisition as part of the petroleum exploration effort in the country.

A member of the Uganda Government team that promotes the country’s petroleum potential to industry and also negotiates Production Sharing Agreements with oil companies for acreage in the Albertine Graben.

Currently Director for Petroleum, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development since 2015. The Directorate of Petroleum over sees the policy aspects of the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream aspects of the Petroleum value chain in Uganda.

Was Commissioner for Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD) between 2008 – 2015 where he over saw the formulation of the new petroleum laws as well as creation of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda and Uganda National Oil company Ltd.

Chaired the working group which coordinated formulation of the draft National Oil and Gas Policy for Uganda which was approved at the beginning of 2008.

A member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG), the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Geological Society of Uganda.

Recipient of the Global Pacific Award for Distinguished Contribution to the African Oil and Gas Industry, 2007.

Recognized as one of the top 10 best performing civil servants in the Government of Uganda for the year 2013.

Mr. Anthony Kimuli

Manager of Audit – Extractive Industry Audit
Office of the Auditor General – Uganda

Mr. Anthony Kimuli

Mr. Kimuli Anthony is currently the Manager of audit at the Office of the Auditor General Uganda in charge of EI audits.

For the last 6 years he has been in charge of supervising the audits of EI, which include audit of recoverable costs for the Oil and Gas companies under the Production Sharing Agreements, mineral concessions and compliance with relevant laws, regulations and agreements.

Mr. Kimuli has also been manager of performance audits in the EI sector assessing government implementation and monitoring of sustainability issues to do with Local content, gender and environmental management in the sector.

Mr. Kimuli oversees the audit of energy entities and projects (Electricity generation, distribution and transmission), including Rural electrification schemes, Hydropower dams, IPPs, regulatory authorities and various concessioned utilities.

Mr. Kimuli is a Chartered Accountant, holds an MSc Oil and Gas Accounting (Distinction) from Robert Gordon University Scotland and MBA EBS–Herriot Watt UK.

Mr. Hon Charles Keter

Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Kenya

Hon Keter was appointed Cabinet Secretary, Minsitry of Energy and Petroleum in December 2015. Prior to his appointment he was the Senator of Kericho County, as Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Keter was the Senator for Kericho County, a region in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley.
He had previously served in the Ministry as an Assistant Minister and he is well versed with the energy sector in Kenya.

An alumni of Kenyatta University, Hon. Keter worked with Kenya’s telecommunication network company– Telkom before venturing into politics which saw him elected as Member of Parliament for Belgut Constituency in 2007.

Ms. Amanda K. Serumaga

Country Director, UNDP Kenya

Ms. Amanda Serumaga

Ms. Serumaga is the Country Director of UNDP Kenya. She has 18 years experience working in public policy, governance and rule of law, and poverty law.

Before her appointment to this position, she served as UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa Coordinator for the UN response to Boko Haram. She began her UNDP career as Chief- Rule of Law and Governance Team leader in Khartoum, Sudan and has since served as Team Leader Governance and Rule of Law and Deputy Country Director in South Sudan.

Ms. Serumaga has also worked in Uganda as the Country Director at Action Aid International, where she contributed to national and international policy work on aid effectiveness; trade and governance. She also worked as a consultant legal specialist and then as Senior Technical advisor to the Government of Uganda Justice Law and Order Sector institutions (1998-2004) managing a donor basket fund that pioneered sector wide approaches to justice sector reform in East Africa sub region.

She holds an Honours BA in the Humanities and English Language and Literature (York University, Canada); Juris Doctor (Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada); Degree at Barrister (Law Society Upper Canada) and is member of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario Bar) since 1996. She also holds an Msc. In Public Policy Management from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) specializing in Public Financial management; Decentralization and Local Government and Human Resource Management , among others

Mr. Achsanul Qosasi

Board Member of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia

Mr. Achsanul Qosasi

Board Member of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia Period 2014 – 2019

Commissioner Link-Net (Lippo Group) 2011 – 2014

Parliament Member 2009-2012

Commissioner Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Luwuk – Sulawesi Tengah 2007 – 2014