Speaker

Deon Minnaar

Deon Minnaar is Americas Leader for KPMG’s  Internal Audit (IA), Sarbanes Oxley Services (SOX) and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), with 26 years experience leading complex global engagements in a variety of industries. He has been active in the global development and refinement of KPMG’s solutions including ERM, SOX and IA together with advanced analytics associated with these solutions. He was also an advisory board member for the revision of COSO’s ERM framework. Deon has been the lead KPMG engagement partner for many global organizations. In this role, he has worked with senior management and the audit committee to develop and manage risk-based projects, including:
Structuring, planning and executing internal audit strategic plans for global clients, and managing the execution of significant audits through the internal audit function.
  • Leading several enterprise wide risk management projects for global fortune 500 companies.
  • Assisting a number of fortune 100 company converge their disparate risk and control functions including Internal Audit, Compliance, ORM, SOX and ERM, including enablement through GRC technologies.
  • Managing the risk assessment process and evaluating the audit risk universe.
  • Facilitating senior management risk workshops.
  • Performing reviews of internal audit departments to improve the overall quality of their processes, deliverables, and people development.
  • Leading board effectiveness engagements and performing board training in both governance and ERM.
  • He is a frequent speaker at national conferences and has extensive experience in training both client and KPMG personnel.