Caroline Gardner

Caroline Gardner
CPFA FRSE
Auditor General for Scotland
In office
July 2012 – 2020
Monarch Queen Elizabeth II
Preceded by Robert Black
First Minister Alex Salmond (2011 - 2014)
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (2014 - Present)
Personal details
Profession Accountant

Caroline Gardner CPFA FRSE 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.

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thatcher, Mike (8 June 2006). "Profile Caroline Gardner Constant Gardner". Public Finance. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Peakin, Will (22 July 2014). "When the auditor calls". Holyrood. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Russell, Vivienne (5 September 2012). "Gardner's question time: auditor general interview". Public Finance. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Aitken, Keith (30 March 2012). "Gardner set to become auditor general for Scotland". Public Finance. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "About us: Auditor general". Audit Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Royal Society of Edinburgh | 2016 Elected Fellows". Royalsoced.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
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