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 1.9.2011 - 31.12.2012

Tiina Astola, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice
Tuija Brax, Member of Parliament
Pertti Hemmilä, Member of Parliament
Seppo Kari, Director General, Government Institute for Economic Research
Timo Kietäväinen, Deputy Director, The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
Vuokko Niiranen, Professor, University of Kuopio
Mats Nylund, Member of Parliament
Esko Mustonen, Deputy Government Controller-General, Ministry of Finance
Hannu Mäkinen, Director General, Ministry of Finance
Heli Paasio, Member of Parliament
Leena Rauhala, Member of Parliament
Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Member of Parliament
Asta Sihvonen-Punkka, Director General, Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority
Tapani Tölli, Member of Parliament
Erkki Virtanen, Member of Parliament
Kari Välimäki, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health