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Chicago In-Person Event | Internal Audit and the Board’s Role in Innovation and Reducing Risk
Grant Thornton Tower, 2nd Floor
171 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60601
Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM CDT
Category: Chicago


03:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Pacific)
04:00 PM - 06:30 PM (Mountain)
05:00 PM - 07:30 PM (Central)
06:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Eastern)

 Venue

The venue requires each registrant complete a COVID-19 Vaccination Attestation Form.  

 

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Overview

Join us to hear how how our expert panel is leveraging data and technologies to identify and monitor evolving risks. Questions to be answered include: *How have the expectations of the Board, AC and auditor changed? How have teams used data and technology to meet these changes? *What investments (i.e., people, IT) have yielded value to your company and/or Board? *What challenges have been encountered as innovative approaches have been explored; what are the lessons learned?

Thank you to our National Sponsors!

Panelists

           

Nirav Patel
Chief Audit Executive and VP, Finance
UL Solutions



Nirav is the Chief Audit Executive serving as the VP Finance, Internal Audit at UL Solutions dedicated to promoting safe living and working environments. During his tenure at UL Solutions, he transformed the internal audit function and helped the company implement controls and processes to enable a private company to operate with the processes and controls posture of a public company. In his role, Nirav has enhanced Board reporting and governance and has retooled and redesigned the internal audit department with a focus on key risks.

           

Dana Randell
SVP Deputy Chief Audit Executive
Synchrony



Dana Randell is the Senior Vice President & Deputy Chief Audit Executive at Synchrony and leads the Technology & Operations Audit teams in addition to driving department wide initiatives, interacting with the Audit Committee and key stakeholders, and leading best practice adoption across the department. Dana joined Synchrony in May 2012 and has held several senior leadership positions spanning audit, compliance, and governance focused roles including SVP, Head of Audit for Professional Practices where she was instrumental in streamlining processes and reporting across the function with a strong focus on innovation and automation. Dana is keenly aware of ever-changing Board and regulatory expectations, the challenges of innovation, and how to use data and technology to enhance value with a data and risk driven approach. Dana is a Certified Public Accountant and started her career in public accounting prior to joining Synchrony in 2012. 

Moderator 


 

Meredith Murphy, CFE, CAMS
Principal, Risk Analytics Leader
Grant Thornton



Meredith leads Grant Thornton’s Risk Data Analytics practice and serves numerous internal audit, IT and compliance clients. Ms. Murphy has over 20 years of experience in professional services with focus on using data and technology to mitigate and manage risk. Meredith is an author of the book “Data Analytics: A Roadmap for Expanding Capabilities,” published in partnership with the IIA’s Internal Audit Foundation, is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Master of Managed Change®.


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