Welcome to our Heads of Internal Audit Virtual Forum. A monthly virtual forum providing an open environment for audit leaders to learn, share and air concerns to help each other under Chatham House rules.
Our Heads of Internal Virtual Forums are interactive (Zoom-based) and give you the opportunity to ask questions and share ideas as well as listen and learn from peers, audit committee chairs, and subject matter experts. Attendees are invited to talk on general issues and those specific to their organisations to encourage cross-sector learning. The Institute also offers technical and practical guidance where relevant.
Originally set up in response to pandemic challenges, the forum is now a fundamental source of interaction and support for members on a wide range of topics. Even before coronavirus became part of our everyday language, the profession was working out how to audit at the speed of risk (the topic of a leading book by Richard Chambers, IA Global CEO). As the pandemic took hold, Chambers reflected on life and death at the speed of risk. Only with your input can this forum support HIAs to audit at the speed of risk.
The forum is chaired by Derek Jamieson, our Regions Director, with support from John Wood, our CEO Liz Sandwith, our Chief Professional Practices Advisor.
The forum is invitation-only. Please contact either Derek Jamieson (derek.jamieson@iia.org.uk) or Liz Sandwith (liz.sandwith@iia.org.uk) to request an invitation or to offer to present.
All meetings take place at 3:30pm on Zoom.
Date |
Discussion topic |
3 March |
Cybersecurity and fraud |
14 April |
Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) |
12 May |
Board governance and the role of internal audit |
9 June |
Inspiring leadership |
Stay abreast of our forums as they happen. To help you keep track and understand what's covered, we have labelled all our recent forums by their headline topics.
10 February | Audit committee expectations
13 January | Data analytics
16 December | Brexit and wider macroeconomic risks
2 December | Climate change
18 November | Disruption
4 November | Root cause
21 October | Agile auditing
7 October | Risk in Focus 2021
16 September | Culture
2 September | Cybersecurity
19 August | Data analytics
5 August | Build back better
Below are all the forum minutes from March to July, derived from a period when HIAs from across all sectors came together to share experiences, learn from each other and collectively identify solutions during the first wave of coronavirus.