At this moment Carolyn is the president of the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA). She also represented the Italian Institute of Internal Auditors from 2004 to 2010 as president of the institute. From 2007 to 2011 she was also member of the IIA Board of Directors.

Since 2002 she is working as Chief Internal Audit Executive of Poste Italiane SpA. Poste Italiane is one of the largest Italian private entities operating both in logistics/postal services and financial/banking services. The Internal audit function includes a network of over 400 auditors, covering the national network of 14000 branches and facilities.

In 2007, she authored the book Internal Audit, Key to Corporate Governance, published by Egea. She is currently also a professor at the University Luiss Guido Carli in Rome, teaching Corporate Governance and Internal Audit.

Christian Van Nedervelde joined SES, the world’s leading telecommunications satellite operator, as Vice President Internal Audit in 2002 with the mission to implement and develop the function in the newly created group born out of the combination of two major operating entities in Europe and in US. In 2006, the group integrated NEW SKIES, a satellite operator covering the rest of the World and today, in order to better support its growth, SES is organised into one unified and integrated management entity.

Christian has a track record in Internal Audit, Risk management, Finance and Information Technology. Before joining SES, he served as Chief Internal Auditor in the airline industry (Sabena and Luxair) and as Head of Finance for the Outstations at Sabena.

Christian has previously held several leading positions in IT and systems development mainly with the insurance group Winterthur (AXA today) and with 3M Middle East and 3M Europe.
 

Magister iuris and Doctor iuris (University of Vienna), MBA Public auditing (University of Business and Economics, Vienna)
Chief Audit Executive of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance
Vice president of the Institute of Internal Auditors Austria
Member of the Board of Auditors of the European Patent Organization
Teacher at FH Campus Wien – University of Applied Sciences, at the Federal Academy of Public Management et al

Before 2003 Hannes Schuh was Deputy Head of the Tax Administration Directorate in the Ministry of Finance and member of the core team of the reform of the Tax Administration.

Hannes Schuh is an expert in Twinning Projects in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Croatia. He is (co-)Author of books and articles concerning internal auditing and more specific tax auditing.

Ian Pickering (55) qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1980 and has an MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University. He spent 9 years working as an auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co, the last five in the Middle East.

He then moved into manufacturing industry and has over twenty years experience in accounting, corporate finance and general management. He was Chief Executive of Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC from 2001 to 2006. He is currently a non-executive director and Audit Committee Chairman of Coventry Building Society, Latchways PLC and Bedford Hospital NHS Trust and a member of the Financial Reporting Council’s Auditing Practices Board, and of the Council of Cranfield University.

In 1995, Jules joined the World Bank as its Vice-President and Controller, in particular charged with introducing COSO inspired modern controllership to the Bank.
 
From 2001 to 2004, in the wake of a major financial scandal that rocked the European Commission, Jules served as its first Director General and Chief Internal Auditor with a mandate to launch a mature Internal Audit Service.

In 2004, post retirement, Jules Muis predicted the present major financial crisis from an accountant’s perspective, as an inevitability, for most part for the reasons we presently know. He has and continues, for over two decades, to be closely involved in the debate of good governance, both in the public and private sector, and the role and potential of the accountancy profession as a major micro actor/financial gatekeeper in the (inter)national financial architecture.

 

Diploma in Business Administration (2005, University of Dortmund, Germany)

Strategy Consultant, (Company in Germany 2005-2008)

PhD-Student (2008-2009 University of Dortmund, Germany)

Lecturer (2009-2011 University of Dortmund, Germany)

Professorship, Chair of Internal Auditing and Corporate Governance, University Duisburg-Essen (since 2011)

Theoretical and practical experience within Corporate Governance-topics

Research interests: Internal Auditing, Strategy and Corporate Governance

Marie-Hélène Laimay joined Sanofi in 1985. Mrs Laimay served in a variety of financial positions, including Financial Director of Sanofi’s beauty division and Deputy Financial Director of Sanofi-Synthélabo following the merger with Synthélabo in 1999. From November 2000 to May 2002, she served as Vice President Internal Audit, and from May 2002 to August 2004 as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. In this position, she listed the company shares on the New York Stock Exchange and prepared a major acquisition.

Since August 2004, she has served as Senior Vice President Audit and Internal Control Assessment for Sanofi.  She is also member of the Global Leadership Team and the Women Leadership Committee, and Vice President of the Group Risks Committee.
 

Besides, she is member of the Board of the French Institute IFACI “Institut Français de l’Audit et du Contrôle Interne”. She is also Vice President of the ECIIA (European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing).

Dr. Matthias Kopetzky is working as an auditor specialized on fraud investigations since 16 years. He acts as permanent expert witness at Austrian courts and for public prosecutor offices. Since two years he serves at the board of IIA-Austria, responsible for research and education. He is author of the German version of Wells/Kopetzky Handbook of corporate Fraud, 2011, Lexis-Nexis.

Matthias currently is engaged in a European-wide research project named “Gender & Corruption”. Its purpose is to find out, if women are less prone to corruption and if more engagement of women in work groups would have an preventive effect on corruption.

Pavel P. Viktorov, is a chief audit executive serving to the audit committee of the board of directors of the CTC Media, Inc. chartered in Delaware, listed on NASDAQ and operating in Russia and CIS.  In CTC Media from scratch he established an Internal Audit Department in accordance with the International Professional Practice Framework of the IIA.

Prior experience includes heading operational performance and project management audits in Upstream, TNK-BP, oversight over the € 4.2B revenue 13 European subsidiaries of Gazprom, audits of US GAAP and IFRS financial statements of large international corporations in the MAZARS audit firm and tax consulting in Coopers & Lybrand.

Phil Tarling is an internal auditor with a difference; he has worked in the private and public sector clients nationally and internationally over the last twenty three years in the fields of Internal Audit and Risk Management. His experience and knowledge is exceptional; he is Past President of the Institute of Internal Auditors UK and Ireland, a Director of the Global Institute of Internal Audit and currently the Chairman of the Board of the global Institute of Internal Auditors.

Phil started in Internal Audit in the UK Central Government, he moved to the National Health Service as a Head of Internal Audit, moving into private practice with Burnett Swayne, Numerica LLP, BDO Stoy Hayward and RSM Bentley Jennison. Currently he is . Vice President, Internal Audit Centre of Excellence, Huawei. He has extensive experience of European Union pre accession countries, largely preparing governments to meet the EU standards in the fields of internal audit and risk management. He has worked and successfully managed projects in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Croatia, Turkey, Serbia and Macedonia.

Professor King is a Senior Counsel and former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He is Professor Extraordinaire at the University of South Africa on Corporate Citizenship; Honorary Professor at the University of Pretoria; Visiting Professor in the Rhodes Investec Business School; and has an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of the Witwatersrand.

He chaired the United Nations Committee on Governance and Oversight, has been Chairman of the Global Reporting Initiative and is the author of Transient Caretakers (with Teodorina Lessidrenska) and The Corporate Citizen. He was the Chairman of the King Committee on Governance for South Africa. The third report from this committee was published in 2009.
 

In October 2011 professor King was appointed Chairman of the International Integrated Reporting  Council (IIRC).

Finn Frisch is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) with more than 20 years of experience in the field of information security. At Axiomatics, Finn heads strategic planning and business development efforts. Prior to joining Axiomatics, he held management positions in companies such as RSA Security, FoxT and Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services. Finn has completed his Masters at the Freie Universitat Berlin and Gothenburg University, Sweden.

Keith has spent most of his career in the financial services industry working for a number of different companies both in the UK and abroad. He has a broad range of business experience covering the roles of Finance, Operations, Business Development, Risk Management and Internal Audit.

He operated as a risk management consultant for a number of years before joining the Simplyhealth Group as main board Finance Director where he had responsibility for leading finance, investments, mergers and acquisitions and procurement. He left in 2009 and currently has a small portfolio of non-executive director positions which include the chairmanship of both a charity and an Independent Financial Advisory business.

Keith joined the UK chapter of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors in 1985 and has been actively involved in helping develop the profession, having being a past chairman of a regional district and a council member of IIA – UK for three years. A chartered accountant by training, Keith has a doctorate in operational risk management.

Martin is the Training Development Advisor for the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors UK & Ireland, where he develops, presents and facilitates a wide range of internal audit related events covering subjects such as risk management, governance, fraud, IT auditing, project management and audit reporting. For the last ten years, he has also been responsible for developing monthly seminars offered by the IIA to heads of internal audit.  

He is also the Education and Training Consultant for the Fraud Advisory Panel, where he lectures and presents on all aspects of fraud risk management including accounting fraud, insider fraud, procurement fraud and fraud detection. He is also responsible for presenting fraud awareness and ‘fraud and the internal auditor’ training on behalf of the panel.

He is an independent risk and audit consultant and a licensed career coach. He worked for twenty five years in the audit and risk department of LloydsTSB Group where his last appointment was Head of Risk Training.

Richard Chambers is president and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). He took the helm of The IIA in January 2009 and brings more than 30 years of internal audit, accounting, and financial management leadership to this position.

His career history includes work in both the private and public sector, including a position with the U.S. Government Accountability Office and chief audit executive (CAE) positions at three of the U.S. Government’s largest organizations. Following his government career, Chambers worked with The IIA as vice president of The Learning Center and executive director of The IIA Research Foundation (IIARF). In 2004, Chambers joined PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he most recently served as national practice leader in Internal Audit Advisory Services.

Dr. Roger Barker has been Head of Corporate Governance at the Institute of Directors (UK) since 2008.

Dr. Barker sits on advisory boards at a number of organisations, including the European Confederation of Directors’ Associations (ecoDa) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). He is a visiting lecturer at the Said Business School (University of Oxford), ESSEC (Paris), UCL (London) and the Ministry of Defence (UK), and a former adviser to the EU Economic and Social Committee in Brussels.

Dr. Barker’s recent book - Corporate Governance, Competition, and Political Parties: Explaining Corporate Governance Change in Europe – was published by Oxford University Press in January 2010. He is also the author (with Dr. Neville Bain) of the IoD’s main guide to the role of the board, The Effective Board: Building Individual and Board Success, which was published by Kogan Page in September 2010.

In 2009, Slavko obtained a professional title “Doctor” at Faculty of economics-University of Banja Luka- auditing department. He is a founder and Chairman of the Management Board of  IIA Montenegro since 2009.

From 2006-2010 he worked as Internal auditor at Hipotekarna Bank in Montenegro, owned by Italian shareholders. Susequently he was appointed by Management Board as Head of Compliance Department. He is also Internal auditor/Consultant at WIENER STÄDTISCHE Insurance Company in Montenegro-Vienna Insurance Group. Since 2009 Dr. Rakocevic works as Professor at cathedra for Financial & Managerial Accounting at Faculty for Business Studies “MBS”-Podgorica, Montenegro (Mediterranean University).

Armand Lumens joined Shell in 1993. Since then he has held many important positions at Shell such as: Finance Adviser in Trading, Adviser on Mergers & Acquisitions, General Manager, Regional Supply Chain Manager across 32 countries,
Group Finance Analyst and Head of Group External Reporting & Planning.

In April 2007, Armand Lumens was appointed Vice President Finance of Shell Global Solutions. This role included significant change management activities in terms of off-shoring and implementation of a SAP system. During 2009, he combined this role with the VP Finance role for the technical organisation of Exploration & Production, which lead to one Technology Finance group, prior to the birth of Shell’s Projects & Technology organization. In January 2010, Armand was appointed Chief Internal Auditor, providing independent assurance to the Executive Committee and Audit Committee of the Shell Group.
 

Laurent Arnaudo joined Ernst & Young Paris in 1990 after having obtained a master degree in control Management. He spends 7 years with Ernst & Young between the office of Paris and San Francisco as manager. In 1997, he decides to join the internal audit department of Alcatel. From 2000 to 2003, he is the regional audit director for Europe South, Middle East and Africa and manages a team of 25 auditors located in Paris, Milan and Madrid. In 2004, Laurent becomes in charge of the Sarbanes Oxley project in Alcatel. He implements successfully internal control within 34 subsidiaries and works with more than 60 persons.

After the merge with Lucent, Laurent becomes the head of internal audit for Alcatel-Lucent. He moves to New Jersey - USA and manages a global team of 80 auditors, located in Paris, Shanghai, New York.

In 2009, Laurent decides to come back to France and joins Sodexo, a French Catering and Facility Management company, as Senior Vice President – Group Internal Audit. He manages a group of 30 auditors in London, Washington and Paris.

Bernd Schartmann is Executive Vice President and in charge of Corporate Audit & Security at Deutsche Post DHL. During his tenure starting in 2004, he has reorganized the Corporate Audit including development and implementation of a Best Practice Internal Audit Methodology.

Bernd holds a Business Degree of the  University of Cologne in Germany.

Bernd Schartmann started his career as a controller with an insurance company. In 1990, he joined KPMG Deutsche Treuhand Gesellschaft AG in Cologne. He represented KPMG’s portfolio Information Risk Management & Management Assurance Services as a partner.

Leen is currently Dean Degree Programs & Research and Executive Board member at Nyenrode Business University. This school is market leader for the education of both chartered accountants and chartered controllers in The Netherlands. 

He has been a Partner in the risk management advisory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for 10 years. He also was a member of the Global Internal Audit Leadership Team of PwC and chaired the Basel II team in the Netherlands.  Prior to joining PwC, Leen had 9 years experience within KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy and served the Army and the Airforce.

He is a sought after chairman for conferences and seminars and a speaker at conferences both nationally and internationally. He published many articles and a few books on governance, auditing and risk management.

Leen is 55 years young, married, and has four children and likes to read, cook, and play the piano and fitness.

Jaap Winter(48) is partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. His practice areas include corporate law and corporate governance. He is professor of international company law at the University of Amsterdam and professor of corporate governance at the Duisenberg school of finance in Amsterdam.

Jaap Winter was the chairman of the High Level Group of Company Law Experts that advised the EU Commission and Finance Ministers on the developments of corporate governance in the EU in 2001-2002. Since then he is a member of the European Corporate Governance Forum set up by the EU Commission to advise it on a regular basis on governance developments. He was a member of the Tabaksblat Committee that drafted the Dutch Corporate Governance Code. Jaap Winter has worked with many boards (executive and non-executive) in both advisory and educational capacities.

Together with Erik van de Loo and Kees Cools he conducts board reviews, focusing on the interplay between the system and the roles that need to be played on the one hand, and group dynamics and member’s individual contribution on the other. They have also initiated academic research into this interplay.
 

Deanna Sullivan is the founder and principal of SullivanSolutions, specializing in enhancing both corporate and individual business performance via customized solutions. Deanna has a diverse background ranging from auditing and accounting to consulting and training. Her experience includes audit management, operational and financial auditing, international auditing, systems analysis, investigations, risk assessment, process improvement, change management, professional development and coaching.
 
Deanna is an experienced facilitator and trainer. She has prepared and conducted numerous training programs for both technical and management development.

Arend de Jong has been working 26 years for KLM in Finance & Control, Network, Cargo and Audit. He is an economist and Master of Finance and Control (Registercontroller). He is also Vice chairman  for three KLM pension funds. Since three years he is Chief Audit Executive for Internal Audit & Internal Control for the Air France-KLM Group. This includes operational audit, EDP audit, risk management and internal control. Arend works partly in the Netherlands and partly in Paris.

Following 19 years at Royal Dutch Shell in various commercial and general management roles in Africa and Brazil Vincent was assigned as VP Internal Audit for Shell. Since 2010 Vincent is Chief Audit Executive for Royal Ahold, one of the leading retailers of the world. He holds an MBA in marketing.

Marc Pickeur joined the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) in January 2012. He previously served on the IAASB IAPS 1000 Task Force and IAPS Status and Authority Working Group. Mr. Pickeur is an expert-senior advisor in the prudential policy and financial stability department of the National Bank of Belgium. Mr. Pickeur is a member of the Basel Committee’s Accounting Task Force, chair of its auditing subgroup, and a representative of the Basel Committee on the Monitoring Group. He is also an observer on the European Accounting Regulatory Committee, a former member of the CEBS Expert Group on Financial Information, and the former chair of its subgroup on reporting. He is currently a member of the audit subgroup of the European Banking Authority. He is also an observer on behalf of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision at International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators' (IFIAR) meetings.
Mr. Pickeur is part of the Consultative Advisory Group for the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants.

Flemming Ruud is Professor of Business Administration, in particular Internal Control / Internal Audit, at the University of St. Gallen, and Adjunct Professor of Internal and External Auditing at the Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway, and at the University of Toronto, Canada. Prior to this, he was Professor of Accountancy and Internal Auditing at the University of Zurich, at the University of St. Gallen and at the Norwegian Business School, Oslo, and at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway. He functions as advisor to European academic institutions, auditing firms, governments and businesses, promoting the development of corporate governance, financial and operational auditing. His research areas encompass internal control, internal and external auditing, corporate governance, and risk management

Member of the Board at Federation of European Risk Management Associations