Inga-Britt Ahlenius

Inga-Britt Monica Stigsdotter Ahlenius (born April 19, 1939) is a Swedish auditor and public servant, currently serving as Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS).

Ahlenius was born in Karlstad, Sweden. She holds a degree in business administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and started her career working in the economic secretariat of Sweden's largest commercial bank, Handelsbanken.

Between 1968 and 1993 she held various posts at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Finance in Sweden, including as head of the Budget Department from 1987.

She served as Auditor General of the Swedish National Audit Office from 1993 to 2003.

There was some controversy when her term as Auditor General was over where she made several statements to media including that some of the governments proposed changes to the Audit Office would limit its ability to act independently.

Later in 2003 she served as Auditor General of Kosovo.

During her terms as Auditor General she held several international positions. She chaired the INTOSAI Auditing Standards Committee for eight years, and was chairman of the Governing Board of the European Organization for Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI) during 1993 to 1996.

Ahlenius was also a member of the Committee of Independent Experts that was called for by the European Parliament with a mandate to examine the way in which the European Commission detects and deals with fraud, mismanagement and nepotism. Their report led to the resignation of the Commission.

Ahlenius was appointed as Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Internal Oversight Services for a five-year term starting on July 15 2005.

The previous controversy from 2003 was noted by Swedish media since Mrs. Ahlenius was proposed for the position by the United States and not by her native Sweden.

External links

* [http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/ahlenius_bio.asp The Biography of Inga-Britt Ahlenius] , UN.
* [http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0009/13/Ahlenius.html Ännu inget nytt jobb för Ahlenius] , Aftonbladet, September 13 2000.
* [http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=678&a=421266 Statens hårdaste kritiker] Dagens Nyheter September 29 2005