Audrey Badley - Audit Office of Guyana. Audrey received a Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree majoring in Accountancy from the University of Guyana. She joined the Audit Office of Guyana in 1985 as an Audit Clerk and was awarded several promotions over the years, the last being Audit Manager in 2002. As Audit Manager with responsibility for one of the audit divisions within her Office, Audrey's duties include the audit of the Public Accounts of Guyana, the Ministry of Finance and a number of projects funded by donor agencies.

In May 2003, Audrey received a diploma from the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) as a Training Specialist for the Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (CAROSAI). She has been involved in the design of several training courses for the CAROSAI region and was a member of instructional teams that delivered courses in Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, St. Kitts and Antigua.

She enjoys traveling, meeting people, reading, cooking and spending time with her family.

Averil M. James - Office of the Director of Audit of Saint Lucia. Averil received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with a major in Accounting from Bowie State University, Maryland and a MBA from the University of Baltimore. She is currently pursuing the Certified Public Accounting (CPA) designation. She joined the Office of the Director of Audit of Saint Lucia in 1992, and is currently the Deputy Director for Planning and Administration. Averil has worked on several audits including audits of projects funded by the World Bank and the Caribbean  Development Bank (CDB).

In May 2003, Averil received a diploma from the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) as a Training Specialist for the Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (CAROSAI) and has been involved with the design, delivery and administration of several training courses in the Caribbean region. She also attended several training courses overseas including an E-learning laboratory in Kuala Lumpour, Malaysia in 2005. As a result, she developed and designed an E-learning course on working paper files. She was the Program Manager for the Regional Institutional Strengthening Committee (RISC) and executed the Long Term Regional Training Program (LTRTP) funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Currently, she is a member of the CAROSAI Strategic Planning Committee (CSPC) and was recently involved in preparing a strategic plan for the region.

In 2006, Averil was recognized as one of the leading professional women under the age of 40 in Saint Lucia. Averil is actively involved in voluntary work and served on the Supervisory Committee of the Saint Lucia Civil Service Credit Union. She enjoys traveling, meeting people, learning about different cultures, and engaging in voluntary work. Averil has also served as a part time instructor at the Sir Arthur Community College and other institutions in Saint Lucia.

Alain Kpessoton - Chambre des Comptes de la Cour Suprême du Bénin. Since March 2003, he has worked as an auditor for the Chambre des Comptes of Benin and is a holder of a Bachelor's Degree in Science and Technology from the Université d'Abomey Calavi, and completed his studies at the Interstate School of Rural Equipment Engineers (ISREE) in Burkina Faso, where he obtained a engineering diploma in waste management in June 1998. From July 1998 to March 2002, he worked at the regional office of Benin's National Potable Water and Low-Cost Sanitation Centre.

He arrived to the Chambre des Comptes de la Cour Suprême of Benin in 2002 after winning a recruitment competition. He was promoted to the ranks of auditor following a year of training in accounting. He is currently working towards an advanced studies diploma in water and environmental sciences at the Université d'Abomey Calavi's International Chair of Physics and Mathematics.

His main goal is to improve his knowledge and skills and to gain experience in the methods and techniques used in performance auditing.

He likes to keep up to date on international news and current affairs. He also likes music and soccer and spending time with his friends and colleagues.

Aly Diallo - Office of the Auditor General of Mali. Aly is a trainee accountant registered at the Regional Council of Paris Île de France. He holds an Advanced Accounting and Financial Studies Diploma from the Académie de Paris (Inter-academic Examinations and Competitions Service). He has been an auditor at Mali's Auditor General's Office since June 2005. Aly is the financial auditing specialist who planned the institution's 2007 audit projects and was the driving force behind the drafting of the 2006 annual report submitted in June 2007 to the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the President of the National Assembly.

Before that, Mr. Diallo, after receiving his Advanced Studies Diploma from the Technical Institute of the Bank of the National Conservatory of Arts and Trades of Paris, held the positions of Director of Management Control and Budgets at the Development Bank of Mali, Assistant Director of the General Inspection Office and Assistant Financial Manager within that organization.

Mr. Diallo enjoys teaching management control, financial management and market finance in the advanced schools of management.

He likes to read, travel and go out to restaurants.

He joined the Kenya National Audit Office in 1990. His work experience is mainly in financial auditing gained while working with the Ministries of Public Works, Health, Environment, Education and Finance.

Benson is responsible for the overall supervision of work activities in the Value-for-Money /Environmental Auditing Division. The Kenya National Audit Office began conducting value-for-money audits in September 2005.

He intends to learn as much on performance and environmental auditing as possible during his nine-month stay in Canada. He especially wants to learn how the Office of the Auditor General of Canada develops training materials and executes courses on performance auditing, and also, the evidence collection, documentation and presentation techniques used by the Office.

Benson enjoys reading, traveling and photography. He also takes an interest in sporting activities.

Henry Kwadjo Missah - Ghana Audit Service. Henry holds a Diploma in Public Sector Accounting from the Institute of Accountancy Training in Accra and a Certificate in Effective Human Resource Management from the University of Ghana Business School, Legon. He has attended several performance audit courses in Ghana and South Africa.

Henry has been with the Ghana Audit Service since 1975, and risen through the ranks to an Assistant Director of Audit. He has been involved in several financial and special audit assignments both at home and at the Ghana Missions abroad. Since 2003, he has been involved in performance audit assignments and worked on five performance audit projects including the management of Ghana's forts and castles and the provision of safe drinking water.

Henry has undertaken a course on Training Issues in Performance Audit under the tutelage of a consultant from the Swedish National Audit Office and is currently a member of the Performance Audit Training Working Group responsible for planning training programs for the department.

Henry likes reading, playing lawn tennis, watching football and spending time with friends and colleagues.

Yaw Agyei Sifah - Ghana Audit Service. Yaw holds an MBA Degree in Accounting from the University of Ghana, Legon and other professional qualifications: Diploma in Performance Auditing and Certificate in Environmental Auditing from AFROSAI-E and is a partially qualified accountant (ICA- Ghana).

Yaw has been working at the Ghana Audit Service for the past 28 years (1979 to 2007), 23 years as a financial auditor. He is currently the Acting Assistant Auditor General in charge of the Performance Audit Department, a position he has held for one year. His work includes attending Public Accounts Committee meetings and preparing briefs for its members. As well, he identifies training needs and prepares annual training programs with the support of the Training Working Group.

Yaw has undertaken much research work and publications. The most recent was the evaluation of phase one of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2007. Amongst his special assignments, he was an AFROSAI-E Regional Trainer in performance auditing in 2005.

He love things that are pure and noble, enjoys jogging, observing nature, watching football and listening to cool music both in romantic and/or religious vein.