22 September 2021

Auckland, New Zealand: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) is welcoming two more directors to its Secretariat team, one focussing on SAIs in the North Pacific and the other on SAIs in the South Pacific.

Doris Flores Brooks will be based in Guam as PASAI’s new Director (North) from next Monday 27 September 2021. Meresimani Vosawale-Katuba will be based in Fiji as PASAI’s new Director (South) from the following Monday 4 October 2021.

Ms Flores Brooks is a Certified Public Accountant, former Guam Senator, university lecturer and as the former Public Auditor of Guam, is certainly no stranger to PASAI. She has even been the Chairperson of PASAI’s Governing Board.

Most recently Ms Flores Brooks was on Guam’s rate-setting Public Utilities Commission and the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Ms Vosawale-Katuba joined SAI Fiji as an assistant auditor, working her way up over 13 years to, most recently, act in the role of Manager Performance Audit Services. She also established and led the Quality Assurance Unit.

Ms Vosawale-Katuba brings experience in developing manuals, policies and guidelines; conducting training presentations; and carrying out quality assurance reviews of financial audits and performance audits. She was on a global panel of QA reviewers for the INTOSAI Development Initiative / ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions Financial Co‐operative Audit.

PASAI Chief Executive, Esther Lameko-Poutoa, is confident PASAI’s members will soon benefit from these appointments.

“These women will bring a depth of auditing best-practice knowledge and regional insights to the Secretariat,” she said.

PASAI acknowledges the support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

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Contact information:

Esther Lameko-Poutoa, Chief Executive PASAI, Auckland, New Zealand

E: secretariat@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275

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