Geoff is a Senior Manager and has more than 12 years of experience in assessing process and technology risks and controls.

Geoff specializes in enhancing risk management activities for a variety of clients with diverse architectures through efficient and effective processes, controls, and technology solutions (including the development and deployment of analytical solutions).

Geoff has led IA activities for multiple Fortune 500 companies and has managed operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, financial, and IT IAs domestically and globally, as well as assisted with implementing enterprise risk management frameworks and conducting internal audit risk assessments. In addition, he has assisted his clients in transforming their IA activities through the use of analytics.
Geoff is a Certified Information Systems Auditor, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified in Risk Management Assurance, and is Certified in Risk and Information Systems Controls. Geoff has facilitated training for the Institute of Internal Auditors and facilitated roundtables and knowledge sharing sessions on topics such as data analytics and digital risk.

Angela Witzany, CIA, QIAL, CRMA, is 2016-2017 chairman of the IIA's Global Board and head of internal audit for Sparkassan Versicherung AG Vienna Insurance Group, a large life insurance provider in Austria.

Witzany has a impressive record of volunteer service with the IIA, including numerous leadership roles over the past nine years. She has served as chairman and senior vice-chairman of IIA-Austria's board, and leads the permanent working group of private insurance companies as a contributor to numerous internal audit guidelines, model audit charters, and audit engagement programs. In Europe, she served as a board member of the European Confederation of Institute of Internal Auditors (ECIIA) and completed her term as vice president in 2015. A member of IIA's Board of Directors since 2013, Witzany served most recently as senior vice chairman as well as chairman of the Finance Committee and the Professional Guidance Advisory Counsel. She was also a member of the Professional Certificates Board.

Witzany has been an internal auditor in the insurance sector since 1997, when she developed Sparkassen Versicherung's new internal audit function. She has served there as head of internal audit since 2001, and now has responsibility for internal audit activities in Austria and Central Eastern Europe. Further, Witzany serves as the Austrian Insurance Association's vice president of the Committee of Internal Audit and Control. She has been an active member of that organization since 197.

Witzany earned her master's degree in commercial science at Vienna University of Economics and Business, and is a certified accountant. She is a frequent speaker and moderator at internal audit conferences and has written about internal audit-related topics for a number of publications. She is a lecturer and trainer on internal auditing in the insurance industry at Johannes Kepler University Linz in Austria.

Witzany chose "Audit Never Sleeps" for her theme as IIA global Chairman. "Internal auditors have sought to add value to their organizations by working tirelessly and passionately to meet the evolving expectations of stakeholders, and to become trusted advisers and partners to boards, audit committees, and management," Witzany says. In her travel to institutes, chapters, and other organizations around the world, Witzany plans to share her message that internal auditors must be credible, reliable, and have strong relationships to ensure their organizations are well-positioned to meet the challenges of a dynamic and complex business environment. She says she will draw on her experiences and challenges to encourage others to use an integrated way of thinking, so that their work will help to ensure organizational success.