I am a highly experienced and long qualified Chartered Internal Auditor, with over 20 years experience of public sector internal auditing. I have a well developed understanding of internal audit, particularly in consultancy and risk based auditing, a significant understanding of audit issues, and with a wide range of experience of auditing practices. As mentioned above, I have recently been working as an independent contractor with Scottish Government's Internal Audit Directorate but this role, after three years is now coming to an end. During that time, I have taken on several differing roles and responsibilities, including Internal Audit Manager for several SG Agencies, provided data analytics support to a number of colleagues, been involved in a key role for the delivery of the SG IAD Data Analytics strategy (building on my 20+ years of using CAATs), devloped assurance maps, provided operational guidance and acted as System Adminstrator for the Directorate's newly acquired Audit Management software, Galileo.Previously I have mainly worked as an Internal Audit Manager, but also as Deputy Head of Internal Audit, and as a Lead Assurance and Governance Advisor. I am an outgoing and positive individual with excellent interpersonal skills, developed through contact with a wide range of people and organisations, e.g. I undertook an Audit Expert's Mission to Romania, as part of the UK Government's commitment to assisting the newly accessioned member state. I also have outstanding computer skills, including an extensive knowledge of IS audit and security, CAATs, data extraction tools, and Microsoft Office.