Advisory Board
The Advisory Board of the National Audit Office serves as a forum for dialogue between the NAOF and its key stakeholders.
The tasks of the Advisory Board are to:
- maintain and develop the NAOF’s stakeholder relations
- take initiatives to develop the audit activities
- monitor the targeting, effectiveness and service capacity of the audit activities.
The members of the Advisory Board consist of invited representatives of the NAOF’s key cooperation partners and experts on fiscal governance and general government finances. The Advisory Board also includes the Auditor General and a representative elected by the NAOF’s staff from among its members.
The Advisory Board elects a chair from among its members. The Advisory Board is appointed for a maximum term of three years.
Composition of the Advisory Board from 2023 to 2025
- Director Timo Aronkytö, Wellbeing Services County of Vantaa and Kerava
- Member of Parliament Hanna Holopainen
- Secretary General of Parliamentary Group Iina Ilmarinen
- Permanent Secretary Timo Jaatinen, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
- Member of Parliament Jari Koskela
- Member of Parliament Minja Koskela
- Head of Unit Taina Kulmala, Prime Minister’s Office
- Government Controller-General Jaana Kuusisto, Ministry of Finance
- Director Sanna Lehtonen, Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
- Permanent Secretary Juha Majanen, Ministry of Finance
- Director Mika Maliranta, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE
- Member of Parliament Timo Mehtälä
- Permanent Secretary Veli-Mikko Niemi, The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
- Principal Performance Auditor Tuula Näätänen, National Audit Office of Finland
- Member of Parliament Johanna Ojala-Niemelä
- Member of Parliament Mikko Ollikainen
- General Director Liisa Räsänen, State Treasury
- Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen
- Member of Parliament Tere Sammallahti
- Auditor General Sami Yläoutinen, National Audit Office of Finland
Permanent Experts
- Committee Counsel Heidi Silvennoinen Parliament of Finland
- Chair Niku Määttänen, Economic Policy Council
Senior Auditor Samu Kälkäjä of the National Audit Office of Finland serves as the Secretary of the Advisory Board.
