Caroline Gardner
Caroline Gardner is the Auditor General for Scotland, holding the post since June 2012. She is a former president of Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) 2006−7.
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Career
Gardiner was originally from London. She studied for her CIPFA exams while working as a trainee accountant at the Wolverhampton Borough council.[1] She moved to Edinburgh in 1995, taking up the post of director of health and social work studies at the Accounts Commission.[1] When Audit Scotland was created in 2000, she became the deputy auditor general.[1]
She was a member of the CIPFA Council since 2000.[1] She was the chair of CIPFA in Scotland in 2001−2002.[1] She became CIPFA's 116th president, from June 2006 to June 2007.[1]
She was seconded as the Chief Financial Officer of the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2010.[2] After this she spent a short period freelancing.[3]
In March 2012, the Scottish Parliament decided that Caroline Gardner should succeed Robert Black.[4] In July she took up the position of Auditor General, and Accountable Officer for Audit Scotland.[5]
Honours
In March 2016 Gardner was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy for science and letters.[6]
References
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External links
- profile at Audit Scotland website
