Adrian Crompton has spent over 30 years supporting parliamentary institutions in the UK.
In July 2018, he was formally appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to the position of Auditor General for Wales. As head of Audit Wales, he is entirely independent of Government and is the external auditor of the devolved public sector in Wales. He oversees some £20 billion of taxpayers’ money and acts as senior advisor to the Public Accounts Committee of the Welsh Parliament on value for money, financial management and governance in the public sector.
Prior to this appointment, he was the Director of Assembly Business at the Welsh Parliament. As the senior procedural adviser to the Llywydd (Speaker) he led a team of around 160 staff providing parliamentary research, procedural, legal, communications and administrative services to support the formal business of the parliament in plenary and committees.
Having held senior roles in the Welsh Parliament since its establishment, he was integral to its development as an effective parliamentary institution. He was also the senior advisor to the Welsh Parliament Remuneration Board, an independent statutory body responsible for setting the pay, pension and financial support arrangements for Members. Before joining the Welsh Parliament in 1998, Adrian spent 10 years as a senior researcher in the Research Service of the House of Commons.