Mrs. Maria Rodriguez Deputy Auditor General

Mrs. Maria Rodriguez is one of two Deputy Auditor Generals of Belize.  She was promoted to the post of Deputy Auditor General on November 1, 2019 and is the first female to hold this post.  Mrs. Rodriguez has twenty-one years of experience in the Office of the Auditor General, beginning with her appointment as an Audit Clerk II on August 21, 2000.

Mrs. Rodriguez is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the Association of the Certified Fraud Examiners, Houston Charter.  She is also an International Performance Audit Standards for Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAI, INTOSAI Pronouncements) Facilitator. Mrs. Rodriguez has mentored African SAIs on Performance Audits of Preparedness for SDGs. She has mentored Latin American countries on Performance Audits of Sustainable Public Procurement.  She is presently mentoring Caribbean countries on Compliance Audits of Transparency, Accountability and Inclusiveness in COVID19 funds.

Mrs. Rodriguez holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of South Wales and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Belize.