September 20, 2023
There have been plenty of regional and country-level reports on internal audit in recent years, but the well has been pretty dry when it comes to […]
May 1, 2023
If it’s May, it must be Internal Audit Awareness Month. This is when internal audit leaders and advocates around the world turn up the collective volume […]
April 18, 2023
One of the features that makes internal auditing so valuable to modern enterprises is that we serve multiple stakeholders, including the board, various levels of management, […]
March 20, 2023
Readers of my blogs will know that I often draw attention to new thought leadership on the internal audit profession. I recently highlighted some timely benchmarking […]
March 2, 2023
Relationships between audit committees and chief audit executives (CAEs) have become increasingly more complex as the risks facing organizations have become more diverse and dynamic. Indeed, […]
January 24, 2023
Internal audit functions are essential to effective risk management, control and governance. And vital to that effectiveness is independence of the function and objectivity of its […]
January 16, 2023
Over the years, I have spoken to countless board members about their roles and expectations for internal auditors. Most are complimentary of the internal auditors in […]
January 2, 2023
In a recent blog, I observed that in many companies management and boards do not welcome – or even permit critical scrutiny by internal auditors. Fortunately, […]
March 28, 2021
When I assumed the role of President and CEO of The IIA on Jan. 5, 2009, little did I know that I was embarking on what […]
October 25, 2020
I have long been fascinated by the dynamics between internal audit and the audit committees to whom it reports. Let me say right up front that […]