Rising from the Mailroom to the Boardroom

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Composing the Melody in the C-Suite

Gaining a seat in the C-suite often reflects the level of professional breadth, maturity, and credibility of the chief audit executive. Direct and frequent access to decision-makers provides an opportunity to directly influence the organization's performance and conformance agenda, and the tone at the top, whilst safeguarding independence. This chapter focuses on a transformational agenda to deliver a high-performing internal audit “professional practice” with contemporary world-class features … and it also highlights the inherent vulnerability to “white-anting” when highly-accomplished professionals are appointed to transform a function that has individuals who are resistant to change. Everyone has a ...