January 8, 2024
I recently received a note from a LinkedIn connection informing me that he had been terminated as the chief audit executive (CAE) for his company. He […]
December 11, 2023
Since launching my website in 2021, I have been extremely gratified at the response by internal auditors and others around the world. A main feature of […]
December 7, 2023
Since the dawn of this decade, the world has been in a perpetual state of crisis. Whether COVID, geopolitical conflicts, macroeconomic events or other turmoil, risks […]
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 […]