International Journal of Auditing – January 2010
Mexico
New Auditor General Appointed
In December 2009, Juan M. Portal-Martínez was appointed head of the Superior Audit Office of Mexico by the Mexican Chamber of Deputies. Before his appointment, he served as Deputy Auditor General specializing in financial compliance from 2002 to 2009.
Mr. Portal-Martínez obtained a bachelor’s degree in public accounting from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, a master’s degree in public administration from the National Institute of Public Administration, and a post-graduate degree from the Pan-American Institute of Entrepreneurial Senior Management. He is a certified public accountant, a certified internal auditor, a certified fraud examiner, and a certified internal controls auditor. He has extensive professional experience in public sector state-owned entities and the private sector, in which he has held important positions associated with auditing and comptrollership processes. His areas of expertise include internal and government audit, information and control systems, comprehensive and performance audit, and public accounting.
Juan M. Portal-Martinez
Mr. Portal-Martínez is the Founding President of the Mexican Institute of Internal Auditors and President of its National Governing Board. He has also actively participated in the Institute of Internal Auditors; the Mexican College of Public Accountants; the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants; the Commission on Government Control and Auditing; the Association of IT Auditors; the Focus Group on Comprehensive Auditing of the Ministry of the General Comptrollership of the Federation; the Mexican Academy on Performance and Comprehensive Auditing; the Latin American Federation of Internal Auditors; and the Mexican Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
He has contributed to the dissemination and development of auditing and internal control methodologies by translating into Spanish the COSO Report (the internal control framework developed by the Treadway Commission), the COCO Report (prepared by the Canadian Commission of Control Criteria), and the 6th edition of the Guidelines for Certification Programs of Professionals in Internal Auditing.
Mr. Portal-Martínez has actively participated in INTOSAI’s Professional Standards Committee and its Subcommittees on Financial Auditing Guidelines and Compliance Audit, as well as in OLACEFS activities.
For additional information, contact the Superior Audit Office of Mexico:
E-mail: jmportal@asf.gob.mx
Web site: www.asf.gob.mx