Knysna Municipality

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KNYSNA MUNICIPALITY

Welcomes New Chief Audit Executive

Knysna Municipality Chief Audit Executive: Astrid Louw

Astrid Louw has joined Knysna Municipality in the capacity of Chief Audit Executive, responsible for the overall functioning of the Internal Audit Department, in providing independent assurance advice and insight on the effectiveness and adequacy of controls, risk management, and governance processes.

Louw comes from the John Tado Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape, where she developed and implemented Internal Audit strategic and operational audit plans. She prepared implemented and monitored policies and procedures for the effective functioning of the internal audit unit.

She obtained a BCom Accounting degree from the North West University, has been a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors since 2009, a seasoned internal auditor with over a decade of experience in the field.

Born and bred in George, Louw indicated that she is delighted to be back in the Garden Route, “closer to home to plough back to the community that shaped me into the person I am today. I’ve always been chasing career progression and growth and I believe I have arrived home.”

Louw hopes to improve the effectiveness of the internal audit unit through value-adding assurance and strives to make a positive contribution in achieving a clean audit status.

Knysna is a town with approximately 76 000 inhabitants and is part of the Garden Route. It is 55 kilometres east from the city of George on the N2 highway, and 33 kilometres west of the town of Plettenberg Bay.