Edwin CROONEN

Head of Unit, Audit in Commission, Executive Agencies, EU Agencies and other autonomous bodies III, Resources, European Commission Internal Audit Service, Belgium

Professional background 

• February 2015 - present:
  Head of Unit IAS.C4, responsible for internal audit in external action DGs (DEVCO, NEAR, FPI & ECHO), EEAS and European Peace Facility
• January 2010 - February 2015:
  Head of Unit Internal Audit Capability DG RTD (RTD.01) OLAF correspondent internal cases for DG RTD Vice Chair of AuditNet in 2010.
• October 2002 - December 2009:
  Head of Unit Internal Audit Capability DG COMM (COMM/01) OLAF correspondent for DG COMM Acting Head of Unit Planning, programming and evaluation from June 2005 to February 2006 in DG PRESS
• September 2000 - September 2002:
  Auditor/ Team Leader within the Internal Audit Service Secretary of AuditNet & Chairman AuditNet Subgroup on Audit manual
• September 1999 – September 2000
  Case handler at DG Trade E-2 dealing with the injury aspects of anti-dumping cases. Analysis and verification of Community industry information. Drafting of working documents and proposals for Commission Decisions and Council Regulations.
• December 1994 – August 1999
  Auditor at the European Court of Auditors in the sector European Development Fund; performing financial and operational audits in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Coordinator for the Statement of Assurance (SoA) audits for 1996 and 1997. Assisting coordinator in SoA 1998
• March 1991 – October 1994
  Senior auditor - Corporate Audit Volkswagen AG Deputy manager Corporate Audit Brussels Office since 1 January 1994.
• September 1988 – February 1991
  Internal Auditor - Philips Brugge (VDP) Implementation ISO 9000.
• February 1987 – August 1988
  Bedrijfskundig Adviseur -Philips Brugge (VDP) Implementation of a new logistics concept as well as consultancy re. organisation and automation
• September 1985 – January 1987
  Junior Consultant - Philips Eindhoven (CQM) Charged with projects re. logistics and production control. Experience gained with simulation, statistics and operations research.

Education

• 2006: Certified Government Audit Professional (CGAP) Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
• 2002: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
• 2001: Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
• 1992: Licentiaat Rechten (law degree) (Fin.Econ. recht / Eur. recht) from the Law School V.U. Brussels
• 1991: Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
• 1991: Master in Internal Auditing from IPO UFSIA Mgt School Antwerp
• 1985: Handelsingenieur kwantitatieve bedrijfseconomie en beleidsinformatica (commercial engineer) from K.U.Leuven Faculteit E.T.E.W.