Fuimaono has been the Controller & Auditor General (CAG) of Samoa since 2010. Fuimaono was in his 14 years of service to the Audit Office  when he was appointed CAG. He is a certified accountant with the Samoa Institute of Accountants (SIA), Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand Association (CAANZ) and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He recently became a fellow member of CAANZ and has qualified the Samoa Audit Office as an Approved Training Entity, for aspiring CAANZ members.

Jaslyn FaaitualaTuioti Mariner-Leota joined SAO in 2002 and was recently appointed as Assistant Controller and Auditor General in January 2019. She was previously Director for Public Bodies (SOEs) Audits Unit since 2012. Jaslyns work secondment includes EPC as ACEO-Internal Audit 2014 - 2015 and STEC as ACEO – Finance and Corporate Services 2017 to 2018. She was also employed with Ah Chong Public Accountants from 2001 -2002. She currently holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the National University of Samoa and Graduate Certificate in Public Sector Management with the University of the South Pacific.

She is a Chartered Accountant with the Samoa Institute of Accountants (SIA); a Certified Fraud Examiner with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and a Certified ISSAI (International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions) Facilitator – Financial Audit Stream – INTOSAI/IDI. She is married with 8 beautiful children.

Roseanne is the Director for the MPPA since April 2016, and has been with the Samoa Audit Office since January 2005. She is a certified accountant with Samoa Institute of Accountants and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Roseanne was awarded as the Best Consistent Performer for FY 2020.

Marshall Maua has been with the Audit Office since 2004 and was recently appointed as the Director of Public Bodies in January 2019. He is a certified accountant with Samoa Institute of Accountants and a Certified Fraud Examiner. 

Paula has been with the Audit Office since 2006. Paula joined the MPPA division and brings great experience for many years auditing Ministries, Public Accounts and Projects. She is a great team leader managing audit teams in ministries, public accounts and projects division. Paula was recently appointed as Director for the Compliance Audit Unit in February 2020.

Norris joined SAO in 2013 and was appointed as the first Director for Special Audit and Investigations division since its set-up in 2016. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a certified accountant with Samoa Institute of Accountants. 

Oceanbaby Penitito joined SAO in 2008 and was recently appointed to Director of PEA in January 2019. Ocean was previously with the IT Audit Division before moving to PEA initially as an Audit Manager, before taking the Director role. A certified accountant of the Samoa Institute of Accountants and a Certified Fraud Examiner.  

Terence has been with the Samoa Audit Office since 2003 when graduated from University. He then moved to Computer Services Ltd from 2004-2006, before coming back to Audit Office in 2007. He was a Director for the Information Technology Audit Division (2008 - 2018) before he was recently appointed as the Director of CSR in October 2018. He is a certified accountant of Samoa Institute of Accountants (also serving as a Council Member) as well as being a Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE). 

Morina has been with SAO since 2008 and was recently appointed as the Director for IT Audit in October 2018. She is a certified accountant with the Samoa Institute of Accountants and is also a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Morina received the Best Support and Utility Player award for FY 2019-2020.

Letoa Petelo has been with our Office since January 2017 as the Director of Information, Communications & Technology. He was previously with the Accident Compensation Corporation, Electoral Office, and SamoaTel. He recently graduated with a Masters of Networking and Systems Administration from the University of Charles Sturt, Queensland, Australia in 2019. He is responsible for maintenance and upkeep of our IT Infrastructure.

Ahsiu has been with SAO since 2010 and was recently appointed as the Director of SPCS in January 2019. He is  a certified accountant with Samoa Institute of Accountants. Ahsiu was also a member of the IT Audit Division prior to his new role. 

Ahsiu was awarded as the Best Director for FY 2019-2020.

Malili joined the Audit Office in the year 2012. She holds a Master Degree in Auditing from the Nanjing Audit University, China.

Malili was named the Best MPPA Senior Employee during the awards presentation for FY 2020.

Marino was recently appointed as the AM for PBA

Karamellie has been with SAO since 2006. She is currently the President of the Public Servants Association (PSA).

Tovio joined SAO in 2017 as an audit examiner for the MPPA division. He recently worked with the SPCS unit as a Principal Accountant. And now he is part of our CSR division as a Principal Analyst.

Sosoli Etilasi joined the Special Audit Division as a Principal Auditor in 2016. She recently worked with ITA and MPPA Divisions

Andrew joined the Samoa Audit Office since 2011. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and was recently appointed as an Audit Manager in the ITA division in 2018. 

Paul has been with SAO since 2009. He previously worked as a Principal Accountant for the SPCS division. Paul was recently appointed as the Audit Manager for the Performance and Environment Audit division.

Paul received the award of Rising Star Senior Employee for FY 2019-2020.

Nafanua has been with SAO since October 2012 and was recently appointed as the Audit Manager for our CSR division in 2018. She is a certified accountant with the Samoa Institute of Accountants.

Velmar Levasa joined the Samoa Audit Office in April 2015 as an Audit Examiner with the Public Bodies Division. She joined ITA Division in August 2015 and has been promoted to a Senior Auditor in October 2018.

Velmar received the Best Timeliness award for FY 2020.

Ivan joined SAO since 2013. He had worked with the MPPA division, PBA division and SAU division. He was recently appointed to Principal Auditor with the PBA division. Ivan is currently studying to be a certified accountant with the Samoa Institute of Accountants. 

He was named the Best Senior Employee within their Public Bodies division for FY 2019-2020.

Naseri joined SAO in 2010. She was promoted to Principal Auditor in 2017 with the Special Audit Division. She previously worked with the Ministry, Projects and Public Accounts Division.

Naseri is currently studying to be a certified accountant with the Samoa Institute of Accountants.

Faatupuinati joined ITA in October 2019 as the Principal Auditor. She has been with the Audit Office since May 2013 and has has worked with the Public Bodies Division; Communication and Stakeholder Relationships Division; and Performance and Environmental Audit Division.

Annie joined SAO in April 2016 as an Audit Examiner. She recently worked with the Performance & Environmental Audits division before she joined CSR in January 2019 as a Principal Analyst.

Annie holds a Master of Auditing from the Nanjing Audit University, China. She is now part of the SPCS unit as a Principal Accountant.

Faamaile has been with SAO since 2015 and has worked with the Public Bodies Division and Performance and Environmental Audit Division. He was recently appointed as a Senior Auditor in the ITA division in 2019. Faamaile recently graduated with a Master Degree in Auditing from the Nanjing Audit University, China.

Afulilo has been with SAO since 2013 and was recently appointed as a Senior Analyst for our CSR division in 2018. She has experience with our ministry audits.

Afulilo recently graduated with a Master Degree in Auditing from the Nanjing Audit University, China.

Faamanatu has been with SAO since 2013. He has had years of experience with ministry, public accounts and project audits. He is a an enthusiastic member of SAO. 

Sarai was recently appointed as a senior auditor for Public Bodies Audit. She previously worked with the legal audit team and has been with SAO since 2013.

Torise joined the Audit Office in 2015 as an Audit Examiner for the Public Bodies division. She has worked with the Legal Division and MPPA division. She was appointed to Senior Auditor for the PEA division in 2019.

Torise was the Best Overall Employee of SAO (excluding TAIMUA) for FY 2019-2020.