Kindly join me in giving applause to our Former AFIIA Chairperson who has recently been appointed as the Chairperson of the UNICEF Audit Committee.
Lesetedi is a professional Internal Auditor who attained her CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) qualification in 2004 and Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL) in 2014. She also completed her masters in Internal Audit and Management at London, United Kingdom in 2001. She finished her bachelor of commerce (B.com) degree in 1993 at the University of Botswana. Lesetedi has attended numerous trainings through seminars, workshops and conferences in Strategic Management, Internal Auditing, Fraud, Risk Management, Corporate Governance and others.
Lesetedi is the founding Director of Internal Audit for the Botswana International University of Science & Technology (BIUST) first appointed in 2009. She is the Chairperson of the UNICEF Audit Committee and was first appointed to be a member of the committee in February, 2013 with Headquarters at New York, USA. She is also the Chairperson of the FAO Audit Committee where she was first appointed into the committee as a member in April, 2013 with Headquarters at Rome, Italy. She has been a columnist for corporate governance in one of the local newspapers in Botswana.
Lesetedi is also the Director-at-Large for the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Global Board from 2011 and also a member of the IIA Global Advocacy Committee (GAC) from 2015. She was a member of the IIA Global Executive Committee of the Board as the International Secretary for 2013-14 and also member of the IIA Standards Board from 2014-15. Before she was a member of the IIA Global Institutes Relations Committee (IRC) from 2011-2012. She was a member of the IIA Governance Task Force (GFT) from 2011-2013, which amongst others reviewed the IIA Strategic Plan, Structure, and Core Principles. Again she is part of the 2014 Task Team reviewing the IIA Strategic Plan. She continues forming a part of the Governance Task Committee in 2016 reconvened to continue with reviewing of the IIA governance and structure.
Lesetedi is currently the AFIIA Governing Council member and the immediate past Chairman after serving as chair from 2011-2015. She is the Co-Founder of the African Federation of Institutes of Internal Auditors (AFIIA) where she served as the Vice Chairperson and representative of the Southern African countries from 2009-11.Lesetedi served as the President and Chairperson of IIA Botswana Board of Governors from year 2004 until end of 2011.