Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he intends to appoint Heidi Mendoza, who has been a top auditor in the Philippines and at United Nations agencies, to head the UN’s internal watchdog body.
Mendoza will become under-secretary-general for Internal Oversight Services for a five-year term once the UN General Assembly gives its expected formal approval.
UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in announcing the appointment on Monday that Mendoza, a certified public accountant, has over 20 years of government service, particularly in the field of audit, investigation, fraud examination anti-corruption and “integrity advocacy.”
She currently heads the country’s Commission on Audit and chairs a key external auditing board for
the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization and International Labor Organization.
Mendoza will succeed Carmen Lapointe of Canada whose term ended in September.