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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.
 Interim Auditor General, Gillian Body, is currently responsible for the day to day running of the Wales Audit Office.
Gillian is fulfilling the role of Auditor General while the process to appoint a permanent successor is underway.
The National Assembly has indicated that the appointment of a permanent Auditor General for Wales is likely to take several months, and is subject to final approval by the Queen.
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 the Auditor General for Wales the external auditor of the Welsh Assembly Government and its related public bodies.
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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