Heidi Mendoza

Heidi L. Mendoza
Under-Secretary-General for OIOS
Assumed office
11 November 2015
Preceded by Carman Lapointe
Commissioner of the Commission on Audit of the Philippines
In office
April 18 2011 – November 11 2015
Personal details
Born (1962-11-03) 3 November 1962
Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines
Nationality Philippines Philippines

Heidi Lloce Mendoza (born November 3, 1962)[1][2] is the Undersecretary General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight. A Filipino public official, Mendoza was commissioner and officer-in-charge[3][4] of the Commission on Audit of the Philippines from 2011 to 2015. On October 6, 2015, Mendoza was nominated by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to head the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services replacing Canadian Carman Lapointe.[4][5][6] Mendoza has also served as an external auditor for the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization and International Labour Organization.[5][7]

Personal life

Mendoza was born in Tayabas, Quezon to Agapito Lloce, a policeman and Silveria Macaraan. She attended Tayabas East Elementary School, and finished high school as class valedictorian at the St. John Bosco Academy in Tayabas. Mendoza graduated with an Accountancy degree from Sacred Heart College in Lucena in 1983, and became a certified public accountant in 1984.[1][2] She also took up post-graduate studies from the University of the Philippines, Diliman and National Defense College of the Philippines, taking up Public Administration and National Security Administration, respectively.

She is married to Meynardo Mendoza and has three children.

References

  1. 1 2 "Heidi Lloce Mendoza – WOMAN of ACTION". A Celebration of Women. March 2, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Hegina, Aries Joseph (October 6, 2015). "Speaking truth to power: Who is Heidi Mendoza?". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ Marcelo, Elizabeth (February 19, 2015). "Heidi Mendoza named COA officer-in-charge". GMA News. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "COA's Heidi Mendoza appointed head of UN's internal oversight office". GMA News. October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Esmaquel, Paterno (October 6, 2015). "COA's Heidi Mendoza to head UN internal watchdog". Rappler. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ban Ki-Moon appoints COA commissioner Heidi Mendoza as UN’s internal unit head". CNN Philippines. October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ "UN chief nominates Heidi Mendoza as under-secretary-general for oversight services". The Manila Times. October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
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