Working Committees

Working Committees

For the period 2021-2023, the following Standing Committees shall assist Council on designated functional, professional and organisational matters to facilitate the effective and efficient governance of the Institute:

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee’s primary functions are to:

• Manage the finances and accounts of the Institute.
• Assume responsibility for strategic investments of the Institute's Funds.
• Prepare and submit draft budgets on the Institute's operations and report on its management to Council.
• Ensure that all membership subscriptions are promptly collected and kept current.
• Drive the Institute’s fund-raising and sponsorship initiatives to support the implementation of Institute activities, programmes and projects.
• Liaise with the Honorary Secretary to ensure that the Secretariat and Standing Committees are appropriately resourced to deliver on their respective mandates.

Members of the Committee are as follows:

1. Hon. treasurer - Martin Dornor Abayateye	Committee Chair
2. Ebenezer Omari-Mireku	Vice Chair
3. Joseph Dakora Zumasigee	Member
4. Samuel Petterson Larbi	Member
5. John Adda Abuga	Member
6. Thomas Antwi Wilson	Member
7. Stella Adjei	Member

 

Certification and Professional Development

The Certification and Professional Development's Committee’s primary functions are to:

• Expand learning horizons of/for Members by providing timely guidance to the members of the profession on concepts, methodologies, and techniques included in the professional practices framework.
• Support the Institute by providing comment(s) on, or developing positions on practice-related matters which directly or indirectly impact the profession of internal auditing.
• Prepare and submit draft budgets on the Institute's operations and report on its management to Council.
• Institute, operate, manage and report on Continuing Professional Development requirements and status for the purpose of improving the competencies, experience, output and performance quality of Internal Auditors in Ghana.
• Liaise with IIA Global and all certification learning materials providers as well as Examination Centres to facilitate access to learning materials and or examination services.
• Facilitate the promotion and operation of examination centres to support Members.

Members of the Committee are as follows:

1. Emmanuel Nii Noi Dowuona	Committee Chair
2. Joseph Dakora Zumasigee	Vice Chair
3. Brenda Mills-Pappoe	Member
4. Clement Osei Agyemang	Member
5. Sena Dake	Member
6. Elvison Parwar	Member
7. Valentin Kwesi Mensah	Member
8. Nii Kwao Ashitey	Member
9. Martin Zonyrah	Member

 

Research and Publications Committee

The Research and Publications Committee’s primary functions are to:

• Assume responsibility for formulating or initiating and delivering quality research activities aimed at improving the professional practice of internal auditing in Ghana.
• Advise on matters relating to technology issues associated with Internal Audit practice.
• Put in place mechanisms and systems to encourage and motivate Members to undertake projects in recording and sharing, for use and posterity, best practice and learning examples from their professional activities as internal auditors.
• Lead the Institute's interaction and intervention with various research (including the IIA Research Foundation) and academic bodies for the development & utilisation of new and expansion of existing curriculum for the training of Internal Auditors.
• Liaise with IIA Global and all sister national institutes for subscription and access to publications (newsletters, books, papers & periodicals), online blogs, social media platforms for Members.

Members of the Committee are as follows:

1. Ebenezer Kwadwo Omari-Mireku	Committee Chair
2. Isaac Adjin Bonney	Vice Chair
3. Elizabeth Kwarteng Tei	Member
4. Michael Opare-Ansah	Member
5. Alhassan trawule	Member
6. Henry Osei-Bonsu	Member
7. Betty Amoako Boakye	Member
8. Mark Yeboah Asomaning	Member
9. Linda Adwoa Jawad Seini	Member

 

Advocacy and Regulatory Compliance Committee

The Advocacy and Regulatory Compliance Committee’s primary functions are to:

• Formulate appropriate strategies and advise Council on Advocacy issues to promote the Institute to all stakeholders.
• Design appropriate marketing and communications strategies for the promotion of the Institute.
• Disseminate the professional practices information and create news space for sharing institutional documentation of best practices and case studies with Members and stakeholders about the value of internal auditing.
• Organise conferences, symposia and special networking events that can create the requisite visibility for the Institute.
• Monitor and advise Council on all work associated with maintaining currency with the IIA's Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK).
• Manage and process all IIA Global or other surveys for which IIA Ghana is, or expected to be, an integral part of.
• Support the Advocacy & Institute Development Committee to create the requisite visibility for the Institute.

Members of the Committee are as follows:

1. Joanna-Grace Erskine-Atadja	Committee Chair
2. Emmanuel N. Dowuona	Vice Chair
3. Kofi Asumadu-Apenteng	Member
4. Erica Azubike Anane	Member
5. Anastasia Joyce Sam	Member
6. George Omaboe	Member
7. Juliet Agyapomaa Okae	Member
8. Daniel Quampah	Member
9. Richard Ntim	Member

 

Chapter and Sector Relations Development Committee

The Chapter and Sector Relations Development Committee’s primary functions are to:

• Assume responsibility for the development and sustenance of Regional and, where applicable, District or Local Chapters of the Institute to ensure that services of the Institute reach the broader masses of our Members across the length and breadth of Ghana.
• Assume responsibility for developing, managing and sustaining sector-specific professional interest groupings to support the enhancement of professional practices for affected Members.
• Provide or facilitate the provision of support services on behalf of Council to all such Chapters including the certification and registration of Chapters.
• Ensure that Chapters abide by IIA Ghana (and Global) guidelines at all times.
• Provide a very visible linkage between the Chapters, Council as well as the stakeholders in the respective areas where these Chapters exist and operate.

Members of the Committee are as follows:

1. Isaac Adjin Bonney	Committee Chair
2. Joanna-Grace Erskine Atadja	Vice Chair
3. Daniel Mensah Nortey	Member
4. Jacob Appiah Gyamfi	Member
5. David Nkrumah	Member
6. Regina Amoo	Member
7. Amos Oppong-Danquah	Member
8. John Aseeph	Member
9. Raymond S.K. Akusaki	Member

 

Responsibilities of the Working Committees

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