Welcome to our July edition dedicated to inspiring women in the public sector!

Discover the incredible stories of three trailblazing women accountants from diverse horizons,  who have made a significant impact in the public sector finance world: Vicky Rock, Pamela Monroe-Ellis and Tsakani Maluleke. In this exclusive interview series, we delve into their remarkable journeys, accomplishments, and the lessons they've learned along the way.

The interviews of these outstanding women accountants in the public sector provide a unique opportunity to learn from their successes and challenges, gain valuable insights, and find inspiration for your own career.

Whether you're a young professional, an aspiring accountant, or an industry veteran, prepare to be inspired, motivated, and empowered by the remarkable accomplishments of Vicky Rock, Pamela Monroe-Ellis, and Tsakani Maluleke.

  • Pamela Monroe Ellis

    Meet Jamaica’s Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis

    Pamela Monroe Ellis was appointed Auditor General in 2008 and is responsible for the effective management of the Government of Jamaica’s financial management systems and compliance with financial management policies. Pamela is a Director on the Board of the INTOSAI Development Initiative, and the Chair of the International Financial Reporting for Non-Profit Organizations Steering Committee. Elena Churikova, Senior Manager at IFAC, talked to Pamela about how fulfilling a career in the public sector can be and the broad range of opportunities accountancy education can offer.

    Read Pamela Monroe Ellis's Interview
  • Vicky Rock

    Meet UK House of Commons’ finance lead Vicky Rock

    Vicky Rock is the Managing Director of Finance, Performance and Portfolio for the UK House of Commons, where she provides leadership on financial management including ensuring regularity, propriety, value for money and feasibility for use of public resources. Vicky is also a mother of two young children very dedicated to her family. Cecile Bonino, Principal, Global Engagement at IFAC talked to Vicky to know more about her ability to combine a fulfilling work-life balance and progressing her career into very senior and prestigious roles.

    Read Vicky Rock's Interview
  • Tsakani Maluleke

    Meet South Africa’s Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke

    Ms. Tsakani Maluleke is South Africa’s auditor-general, the first woman to hold this position in the supreme audit institution’s 109-year history. Tsakani’s career is motivated by a passion to actively contribute to advancing black men and women in the accountancy profession. Darlene Nzorubara, Principal at IFAC,  talked to Tskakani  about her path into the profession as a Black woman in South Africa as well as the role of the Auditor General’s office in the training of a new generation of professional accountants.

    Read Tsakani Maluleke's Interview
Pamela Monroe Ellis landscape
Pamela Monroe Ellis

Auditor General

Pamela Monroe Ellis was appointed Auditor General in 2008 and is responsible for the effective management of the Government of Jamaica’s financial management systems, as well as complying with financial management policies. She spent the early part of her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Staff Accountant. As Jamaica’s Auditor General, she is also Secretary General of the Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (CAROSAI), and a member of the International Association of Supreme Audit Institutions’ (INTOSAI), a working group of the Value and Benefit of Supreme Audit Institutions. Pamela served as Chair of the Investigation Committee of ICAJ, Director of the Board of the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI), and Chair of the steering committee of the International Financial Reporting for Non-Profit Organizations (IFR4NPO). She is currently Commissioner of the Integrity Commission of Jamaica.

Vicky Rock
Vicky Rock

Managing Director of Finance, Performance and Portfolio

Vicky Rock is the Managing Director Finance, Performance and Portfolio for the UK House of Commons .Prior to this, she held a number of roles at HM Treasury, most recently as Director of Public Spending  

She has also served as Deputy Head of the Government Finance Function, which focuses on investing in people, sharing best practice and developing frameworks, guidance and tools to support more than 10,000 people working in finance across government. 

Vicky began her career working mainly on public sector audit at KPMG, where she trained and gained her CIPFA qualification in 2009. She moved to the Treasury in 2011, initially working in an accounting role before moving into public spending, and then from the finance team into the public spending group, working on setting financial reporting rules for the government and providing advice on financial management. 

In 2014, she began a short secondment to help set up the British Business Bank before returning to the Treasury in July 2015 as a deputy director, overseeing all aspects of government financial reporting and the whole of government accounts. After four years in this position, she was appointed as Director, Public Spending Group, which involved leading the teams responsible for delivering high-quality government financial reporting and data in order to improve decision making and accountability across government. 

Tsakani Maluleke
Tsakani Maluleke

INTOSAI CBC, Auditor General of South Africa

Ms. Tsakani Maluleke is South Africa’s auditor-general, the first woman to hold this position in the supreme audit institution’s 109-year history. She was also the first female deputy auditor-general.

Her background as a Chartered Accountant spans more than 20 years, with experience in both the private and public sectors, and in areas as diverse as auditing, consulting, corporate advisory, development finance, investment management and skills development agencies.

Tsakani served on the Presidential Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Advisory Council, where she successfully led a subcommittee that developed recommendations for broad-based black economic empowerment. As chairperson of the CA Charter Council, she led the first BEE sector charter, which focused on key transformation initiatives that improved access for black people to enter the profession. As a nonexecutive member of the Financial Advisory & Intermediary Services (FAIS) Ombud committee, she advised the setting up of the FAIS Ombud office.

Tsakani’s career is motivated by a passion to actively contribute to advancing black men and women in the accountancy profession. She has pursued this passion through her work with various organizations including Business Unity South Africa, African Women Chartered Accountants, and the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa (Abasa), of which she is a past president.

Her role as the former South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) nonexecutive chairperson of the board, is a continuation of this work.

Her commitment to service excellence and ethical leadership, and her contribution to transformation has been recognized and awarded by the Presidents of ABASA, AWCA and Black Management Forum (BMF).

Tsakani is a fellow and moderator of the African Leadership Initiative and the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

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