Senior Manager- SAI Governance Department, Head of SAI Independence Workstream
INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)
Freddy Yves Ndjemba, leads IDI’s work on SAI independence, which includes managing the SIRAM (SAI Independence Rapid Advocacy Mechanism), the SIRC (SAI Independence Research Centre), the relationships with Donors on SAI Independence, and interactions other accountability Institutions. Concurrently, he also operates as IDI’s Regional Manager for CAROSAI (Caribbean Organization of SAIs). Before that, from 2017 to 2019, he developed and managed IDI’s flagship initiative on Strategic Management SPMR (Strategy Performance Measurement and Reporting)
Before joining IDI in 2017, Mr. Ndjemba worked in the SAI of Cameroon for a decade as an engagement leader in performance audit, and later as the Chief Operating Officer of the AFROSAI (African Organization of SAIs) Secretariat. Finally, Mr. Ndjemba is an alumnus of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University (Masters in Audit, Control and PFM) and the National School of Administration of Cameroon.
Billions of pounds a year globally are lost from public finances to fraud and corruption, leading to increased criminality, loss of services and poorer citizens. Public finance professionals are at the heart of efforts to curtail this waste, which is particularly rife in times of crisis, such as the pandemic, and global shocks. This session will hear from international examples of effort to improve assurance, governance and public trust.
