Performance Audit Department

The Performance Audit Department examines, evaluates, and prepares relevant recommendations on the effectiveness, productivity and efficiency of public institutions and their programs.

The department's audit authority extends to programs and activities funded from state, autonomous republics and local self-government budgets, as well as expenditures of public services and donor funded projects.

The department is comprised of the Information Technology (IT) Audit Division, which aims at identifying and responding to systemic and technological risks in the public sector, as well as promoting the transparency and effective functioning of public sector electronic services.

Giorgi Kapanadze

Head of Department

Giorgi Kapanadze has extensive work experience in the State Audit Office. He was appointed the head of Performance Audit Department in 2019, and in 2014-2018, he served as the deputy head of the same department.

In 2010-2013, he worked in various positions at the State Audit Office, including as Auditor-Assistant, Auditor and Senior Auditor. In 2009-2010, he was an intern at the State Audit Office.

Along with working in the State Audit Office, Giorgi Kapanadze also teaches. In 2013-2018, he was a trainer at the LEPL Public Audit Institute and led a course on Performance Audit.

Prior to joining the State Audit Office in 2004-2008, Giorgi Kapanadze held various administrative positions at PIP Electrics in the UK.

In 2002, he obtained a Bachelor of International Economic Relations from Tbilisi State University. In addition, he has undergone numerous professional trainings. In 2012, he received a Certificate of Chartered Accountants Association (ACCA) First Level Certificate (F1-F3). He has completed a four-month International Auditor Fellowship Program at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

He speaks English and Russian besides native Georgian.