Advisory Board
The National Audit Office has an Advisory Board prescribed by law to which it appoints representatives of key cooperation partners as well as experts on financial administration and the public economy. The Advisory Board also includes the Auditor General and one member elected to represent the National Audit Office's staff. The term of the Advisory Board is a maximum term of three years.
The task of the Advisory Board is to maintain and develop the Office's connections with cooperation partners, to present initiatives to develop auditing, and to monitor the focusing of audits, their effectiveness and their ability to serve different cooperation partners.
Composition of the Advisory Board in 1.3.2008 - 28.2.2010:
Mr Ahde Matti, Member of Parliament
Ms Tiina Astola, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice
Mr Pertti Hemmilä, Member of Parliament
Ms Anna-Maja Henriksson Member of Parliament
Ms Seija Ilmakunnas, Director General, Government Institute for Economic Research VATT
Mr Timo Kietäväinen, Deputy Director, The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
Ms Johanna Kormu Principal Financial Auditor, Representative of National Audit Office´s personnel
Ms Mirjami Laitinen, Director General, Skattestyrelsen
Mr Esko Mustonen, Government Controller-General, Ministry of Finance
Ms Vuokko Niiranen, Professor, University of Kuopio
Mr Klaus Pentti, Member of Parliament
Mr Tuomas Pöysti, Auditor General, National Audit Office
Mr Erkki Pulliainen, Member of Parliament (from 4. September 2009)
Mr Juhani Turunen, Permanent Under-Secretary of State
Ms Soili Vasikainen, Director of Finance, University of Helsinki
Mr Erkki Virtanen, Member of Parliament
Kari Välimäki, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health



