Webinar │The Ethical Internal Auditor: Mind Your Blind Spots
Event Recap On November 13, 2024, internal auditors and audit leaders gathered virtually for an…
Event Recap On November 13, 2024, internal auditors and audit leaders gathered virtually for an…
Is Your Internal Audit Function Ready for the New IIA Standards? Upcoming changes may require…
ECIIA and FERMA organised a joint webinar entitled “GDPR & Corporate Governance: evaluation after 2…
The article 23 of the NIS Directive requires the European Commission to review its functioning…
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The webinar discussed the full results and recommendations of a joint project between European Confederation…
Vishal Arora, Vice President, Chief Audit Executive, and Head of Global Assurance, has been working in audit and assurance, for more than two decades, starting in a Big 4 firm, before moving to an industry leader, ArcelorMittal. After joining ArcelorMittal Internal audit in Romania in 2005, he has been working in Luxembourg within the internal audit function of ArcelorMittal since 2008, initially as regional head and since January 2020 as Chief Audit Executive of the ArcelorMittal Group. He heads the Global Assurance function which comprises of second and third-line responsibilities covering functions Internal Audit, Forensic Investigations, Enterprise Risk Management, Sox compliance coordination, and Physical security. He is also a member of the Board of IIA Luxembourg.
Arjan Man is currently the CAE of Haier Europe. Previously, he was head of Global Internal Audit at MKS Atotech, a NASDAQ-listed, globally operating company delivering chemistry, equipment, software and services for innovative and high-technology applications, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Before that, he was head of Internal Audit & Risk at Exact Software, was an internal auditor at NYSE Euronext, and worked as a consultant in the Internal Audit and Risk practices of PwC and KPMG. He served on the board of IIA The Netherlands for 6 years and several other IIA committees. He lives in The Netherlands, but mostly worked in a very international environment.
Makis Solomon has graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business and is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA, CRMA). For 11 years worked at PWC & Deloitte as Senior Manager of Risk Management and Internal Audit Services. During this time he provided consulting services to several companies in Greece and abroad in areas such as internal audit, risk management etc, as well as technical assistance in the establishment of Internal Audit Departments, providing expertise and training to internal auditors. For 5 years he worked in an Investment Advisors company as a Senior Officer of Financial Services, Compliance and Risk Management. He has worked as Head of Internal Audit at HRAF (TAIPED) and AVIS Greece. Today he is the Head of Internal Audit of Elpedison. He also provides project evaluation services for the European Innovation Council. Since 2019, he is a board member of IIA Greece (currently Vice President) and responsible of the Education Committee, as well as the Industrial & Commercial Committee of IIA Greece.
Isabel Derison is the president of IIA Belgium. She is also a partner at Grant Thornton Belgium, leading and developing the Advisory – Business Risk Services practice. In the past, Isabel worked in external audit at a Big 4 company and was Chief Audit Executive at ZNA, the largest hospital network in Belgium. Isabel’s domains of expertise are Internal Audit, Governance, Risk & Compliance Management, Fraud, and ESG
Johanna (CIA, MBA, HHJ / Certified Board Member) works as the Internal Audit Director at UPM Corporation, based in Finland. Prior career Auditor path, she worked in 2nd line assurance roles like Corporate IT Quality, Governance, Internal Control, and Business-IT Project and Portfolio Management, as well as in Corporate development roles. She has contributed in the past as a member of the IIA Finland Training Committee and acted as a presenter at different IIA and other events. Her key areas of expertise are governance, risk, control, ESG, and commercial excellence