The Governor, Sir Richard Gozney, this morning announced that Heather Jacobs Matthews will replace Larry Dennis as Bermuda’s new Auditor General.

Mrs. Jacobs Matthews, a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner, graduated from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1976 with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (with Distinction) majoring in Accounting.

In 1980 she began a 27-year career with the Bermuda Government. She was Assistant Auditor, and then Deputy Auditor for nine years, providing senior managerial support to the Government Auditor. In 1989 Mrs. Jacobs Matthews was appointed Tax Commissioner.

From 1994 to 1999 she was Accountant General for the Government and in 1999, Mrs. Jacobs Matthews was re-appointed Tax Commissioner, until her retirement from the Civil Service in 2007.

She came out of retirement last year and filled, on a temporary basis, the new post of Director of Internal Audit transferred from the Ministry of Finance to the Cabinet Office.

Her primary role was to help Permanent Secretaries and Department Heads to develop and maintain effective and efficient processes to improve accountability and transparency in the management of public funds.

Mrs. Jacobs Matthews was also required to maintain a close working relationship with the Auditor General in carrying out this function.

Mrs. Jacobs-Matthews is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bermuda and Nova Scotia, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Government Finance Officers Association.

Mr. Dennis retires in August.

Full story in tomorrow’s Royal Gazette.