The Management Board is in charge of running the ECIIA. That includes implementing the strategy set by the General Assembly and developing policies and programmes to achieve our goals and objectives. It meets at least quarterly.
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Biljana Sekulovska is President of IIA North Macedonia and Chief Internal Auditor at Dolare. She brings more than 20 years of experience across internal audit, banking and financial management, including nine years at ProCredit Bank, seven of them in internal audit. Her expertise spans governance, risk management, compliance and financial crime prevention. Biljana is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS). She also serves as General Manager of Nova Office and holds a degree from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.
Diana D’Alterio is Group Chief Audit Executive at ATM Group, where she has led the internal audit function since 2018. She brings more than 30 years of experience in internal audit, compliance, corporate governance, internal controls and risk management across the industrial, financial and transport sectors, with previous roles at KPMG, Alcoa and Aviva. Diana holds a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University and an Executive MBA from the University of Udine. Her professional certifications include CIA, CCSA, CRMA and CFE, and she also serves on the boards of AIIA and AODV231.
Águeda de Lara is currently Director of Internal Audit and Risk at Globalvia. She is a certified Internal Auditor (CIA) with over twenty years of experience in internal and external auditing (Deloitte, EDP Renováveis (EDPR). She has a double degree in Business and Law from the Pontifical University of Comillas and also has a master’s degree in Big Data, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence from the IE Business School.
Paul-Henri Mézin is President of IFACI and Director of Internal Audit for the Supplementary Pension division at Malakoff Humanis. He brings more than 20 years of audit experience across consulting, industry, financial services, banking, insurance and social protection. Throughout his career, he has contributed to the development of internal audit, risk and compliance functions, including through engagement with supervisory authorities. A long-standing IFACI member, Paul-Henri previously chaired its Social Protection Professional Group and served as Treasurer before being elected President.
Andrea Bracht heads up the Internal Audit department of Commerzbank AG on Executive level. Until she took over her role in October 2015 she was in charge of overseeing all audit activities related to Commerzbank AG’s investment banking business globally.
Being a trained bank officer with a degree in business administration (Universities of Passau, Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Budapest), Andrea started her career in Dresdner Bank where she worked in Group Audit’s Investment banking audit division. In 2007 she became Chief Operating Officer of Group Treasury being responsible for the management of the function’s operational business for more than five years. Andrea is member of the executive board of the DIIR – Deutsches Institut für Interne Revision (German IIA).
Aris Dimitriadis is Chairman of OTE Insurance and a Board member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Central Markets and Fisheries Organisation (OKAA). He brings more than 30 years of experience in internal audit, compliance, enterprise risk management and insurance, including roles at KPMG, ABN AMRO, FBB, COSMOTE and OTE Group. Aris holds a BA in Economics and Politics and an MBA from the University of Kent. He holds the CIA, CFE, CRMA and CFSA certifications and is also Vice President of the Hellenic Risk Management Association and a Board member of IIA Greece.
Sandro Boeri is an internationally recognised voice at the forefront of reshaping the internal audit profession. He serves as President of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors in the UK and founder of Risk Audit, he is a champion of bold thinking and practical innovation in governance, behavioural risk, and organisational culture.
Andrea Joham is Head of Group Internal Audit at UNIQA Insurance Group AG, where she has led the function since 2020. She brings more than 20 years of experience across the financial, industrial and education sectors, including a decade in leadership roles in insurance. Her expertise spans governance, internal audit, internal controls, risk management and process optimisation. Andrea chairs the VVO Committee for Internal Audit and Control and serves on the International Advisory Board of the WU Executive Academy. She holds a Global Executive MBA and degrees in business administration and business education.
Kemal Tapkan is Global Audit Director at Hayat Holding and Chairman of the Board of IIA Türkiye (TİDE). With more than 25 years of experience, he has held senior roles in internal audit, ethics, risk management and compliance at Sabancı Holding, Borusan Holding, Standard Profil and Kalyon Holding, after beginning his career in external audit at KPMG. Kemal holds degrees in business administration from Marmara University and FMV Işık University and is currently pursuing a PhD in finance. He also served as a part-time university lecturer from 2017 to 2024.
