Phil Tarling, IIA UK & Ireland

Partner, RSM Tenon

Phil Tarling is a Partner in RSM Tenon, and as such is in charge of the specialist part of the firm that supplies internal audit, risk management and fraud investigation services to the public and commercial sectors internationally. Phil is also Managing Partner of RSM Tenon Turkiye which supplies Risk Management, Internal Audit and Training services in Turkey.

Since early 1998 he has worked with the emerging economies of the former Soviet Union to establish effective internal audit units within the public service. He joined RSM Tenon in July 2006 to develop the firm’s ability to provide services internationally.  At the current time, the firm provides outsourced internal audit services to a large number of UK public sector organisations, both fully outsourced and partnering services. In addition, the firm has completed work on projects providing support to the development of internal audit in Poland and Turkey. 

Since 1998, he has worked in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Kosovo.  These projects have all been aimed at building internal audit and risk management capacity in the countries in order to meet EC standards.

He qualified as an internal auditor (MIIA- the UK & Ireland equivalent of CIA, the Global qualification) in 1988, obtained a Masters degree in Internal Audit and Management from City University Business School, London in 1989 and qualified as a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1996.  He was a Director of the Board of the IIA UK & Ireland from 1997-2008 and was the President from 2005-2006.   He has served on the Board of Directors IIA Inc from June 1999 to July 2008 when he was appointed International Secretary and therefore is currently a member of the Executive Committee.

He is the UK and Ireland’s member of the ECIIA Management Board having been elected to the position in October 2007.