Call for nomination of candidates for the position of External Auditor of the IOPC Funds

The term of office of the present External Auditor of the IOPC Funds, the Comptroller & Auditor General of the United Kingdom, as head of the National Audit Office, expires at the end of 2015. It is therefore necessary for the governing bodies to appoint a new External Auditor at their October 2015 sessions to fill the vacant position and to audit the Financial Statements from 1 January 2016. The External Audit appointment is for a period of four years and may be renewed. The Financial Regulations of the IOPC Funds require that the External Auditor shall be the Auditor-General (or officer holding the equivalent title) of a Member State or a commercial firm with the requisite capabilities nominated by a Member State or identified by the Audit Body.
The deadline for the submission of nominations by 1992 Fund Member States to the IOPC Funds’ Secretariat is Friday 30 January 2015 and resulting tenders should be submitted no later than Friday 13 March 2015.
Further details, including the tender brief, can be found in Circular: IOPC/2014/Circ.7