The office of Auditor General for Wales is a statutory appointment made by Her Majesty the Queen, in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 8 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.

In 2008 Jeremy Colman enters his third year as the Auditor General for Wales, formerly an Assistant Auditor General and member of the senior management board of the National Audit Office, Jeremy was appointed Auditor General for Wales on the recommendation of the National Assembly succeeding the first Auditor General for Wales, Sir John Bourn.

Initially appointed for five years, Jeremy Colman has wasted no time in establishing the Wales Audit Office as the authority on public spending in Wales. The Wales Audit Office, a merger of the National Audit Office in Wales and the Audit Commission in Wales, has overall responsibility for audit standards across the public sector in Wales with Jeremy Colman the external auditor of the National Assembly for Wales and its related public bodies.

Since the formation of the Wales Audit Office, Jeremy has steadily increased its portfolio. The Wales Audit Office now conducts financial audit and value for money studies and examinations of NHS bodies in Wales, appoints auditors to local government and other public bodies in Wales, conducts and promotes value for money studies and examinations in the local government sector, and reviews and inspects local government bodies’ performance plans.

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