I advise audit, risk, and assurance leaders on how to elevate their functions in an era defined by rapid technological change, emerging threats, and increasing stakeholder expectations. My research and client work focus on AI auditing and assurance, cybersecurity risk and control effectiveness, and critical transformation auditing across digital, cloud, and enterprise‑wide change initiatives. I help Chief Audit Executives and their teams strengthen risk assessment methodologies, modernize audit planning, and build aligned assurance models that improve coordination across risk, compliance, and audit groups. My goal is to equip leaders with practical, forward‑looking insights that enhance resilience, transparency, and trust.
I help clients evaluate AI systems for transparency, reliability, governance maturity, and risk exposure. I help assess cyber risk posture, control effectiveness, and resilience strategies. I support audit teams in providing insight into enterprise‑level transformations, including digital modernization, cloud migration, M&A, and organizational change. I provide information about macro and industry‑level risk shifts and integrate forward‑looking risk intelligence into audit planning. I help improve methodologies for prioritizing audit plans, enhancing risk coverage, and moving toward continuous or real‑time assurance. I support coordination across risk, compliance, and audit groups to reduce silos and build trust with executive stakeholders.
Business and Global Affairs Correspondent, Editor and Producer providing reports from Washington to news clients in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa.
Feature Story News, Business News Editor and Washington Correspondent, 11 years
BBC, Broadcast Journalist, 11 years
Audit Function Strategy and Management
Audit Planning and Risk Coverage
Post-Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism, University College Falmouth
B.A. English Literature and Language, University of Hull
Improve risk assessment and audit planning processes and move toward real-time assurance
Build confidence between assurance groups to catalyze better coordination and collaboration
Understand key risk trends and audit's role in identifying emerging risk issues
Tackle urgent talent challenges, including recruitment and retention
Coverage of AI, including auditing complex AI governance and enterprises uses.