Caroline Gardner
Caroline Gardner | |
|---|---|
| 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 Jane Gardner CBE CPFA FRSE was the Auditor General for Scotland between June 2012 and July 2020. She is a former president of Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) 2006−7.
Career
[edit]Gardiner is 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] She was in office at the onset of the United Kingdom government austerity programme, where there was a reduction in public services to repay debt incurred following the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[6] She was succeed in the role by Stephen Boyle in July 2020.[7]
In March 2024 she was appointed by the University of Glasgow as Honorary Professor at the Centre for Public Policy.[8]
Honours
[edit]In March 2016, Gardner was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy for science and letters.[9]
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the Scottish public sector.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Thatcher, Mike (8 June 2006). "Profile Caroline Gardner Constant Gardner". Public Finance. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Peakin, Will (22 July 2014). "When the auditor calls". Holyrood. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Russell, Vivienne (5 September 2012). "Gardner's question time: auditor general interview". Public Finance. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Aitken, Keith (30 March 2012). "Gardner set to become auditor general for Scotland". Public Finance. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "About us: Auditor general". Audit Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ McQuillan, Rebecca (17 June 2020). "Moving forward - Auditor General Caroline Gardner on the recovery and why she fears more austerity would be "disastrous"". Holyrood. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Auditor General | Audit Scotland". www.audit-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Former Auditor General for Scotland appointed as Honorary Professor at the Centre for Public Policy". University of Glasgow. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "The Royal Society of Edinburgh | 2016 Elected Fellows". Royalsoced.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N8.
External links
[edit]- profile at Audit Scotland website
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