Carolyn Dittmeier, Italy

Chief Audit Executive, Poste Italiane

Manager in charge of Internal Audit for Poste Italiane SpA since 2002, Carolyn is also Vice President ECIIA Board of Directors and a member of the Global IIA Board of Directors, and was President of the Italian Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors from 2004 to 2010.

Carolyn previously headed the Corporate Governance Services consultancy in KPMG and from 1987-1999 was responsible for Financial Reporting and subsequently Internal Audit for the Montedison Group. Carolyn commenced her career in the accounting and audit firm Peat Marwick, working as Senior Manager both in the US and Italy.

A graduate of the Wharton School of Business and Economics of the University of Pennsylvania, Carolyn is Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor.

In 2007, she authored the book Internal Audit, Key to Corporate Governance, published by Egea.

She also teaches Corporate Governance and Internal Aduiting at the Luiss University in Rome.