Chief Audit Executives, DirectorsOn Wednesday, January 29th, MNP will be hosting their
first 2020 IIA Roundtable. The event will be held at their Toronto location at
111 Richmond Street West, Suite 300, from 16:00 to 18:00. We welcome Richard Arthurs as they present on the
topic of Preparing for the Demands of
the Future.
Preparing
for the Demands of the Future. Boards,
Audit Committees and Executives are all being faced by a greater amount of
uncertainty and risk than any other time in history. For years Canadian Audit
Committees have been hearing about the value proposition of Internal Audit from
prominent associations such as the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), The
Directors College (DC), and CPA Canada. Audit Committees not only want Internal
Audit leaders who can provide these services, they are realizing they need a
trusted advisor who can give them more confidence, especially to deal with
disruption brought on by emerging technologies. Just in the last five years
they have had to not only focus on cyber security, but now blockchain, robotic
process automation, and the power of data analytics. The question is, what must
Internal Audit start doing differently to prepare for these demands? What are
the leading practice internal audit shops doing already? What must the IIA do
to attract top talent to this industry, and what training do they require?
Meet Richard
Richard Arthurs, CPA, CMA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, QIAL, is a Partner and
MNP’s National Data and Information Dynamics Leader, based in the Calgary
office. Richard has more than 25 years of experience assisting complex global
organizations with their governance, risk management, internal audit, IT audit,
data analytics, ethics and compliance needs. He has deep industry experience in
the utilities / energy, consumer goods, technology, telecommunications,
not-for-profit and public sectors.
Leveraging his experience leading audit and risk projects in more
than 50 countries, Richard has a global perspective on the issues businesses
face. He has worked with renowned organizations and has a proven track record
of achieving cost-effective value-added solutions to manage priority risks and
improve business processes and controls.
Prior to joining MNP, Richard served as a global internal audit
and risk management leader for one of the largest consumer packaged goods
companies in the world, General Mills. In this role, he helped develop a global
data analytics strategy for the Internal Audit function. Most recently, he was
chief audit executive and vice president of risk management for a Canadian
subsidiary of one of the largest utilities and renewable energy operators in
the U.S., Berkshire Hathaway Energy Canada. In this role, Richard utilized data
analytics to drive material cost savings with complex construction projects.
Richard is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), qualifying
as a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) in 2003, and holds the Certified Internal
Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certification in Risk
Management Assurance (CRMA) designations. He was the first Canadian to receive
the Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL) designation from the
Institute of Internal Auditors. He also received a Master of Business
Administration degree from Nova South Eastern University. Richard is currently
the Chair of the IIA Canada Board.
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