CAE/Audit Leader Insight Series: Audit Committee Hot Topics and Trends for 2025
 
Andrew Struthers - Kennedy CISA, CRMA
Global Leader - Internal Audit & Financial Advisory
Protiviti

Andrew is Protiviti’s Global Leader of Internal Audit& Financial Advisory services. He is responsible for the strategy, offerings, consulting delivery and external alliance partnerships for all Protiviti's internal audit capabilities, including technology audit, audit innovation & transformation, strategy & technology enablement, and SOX and controls advisory services.  With over 20 years of experience in internal audit, risk management and consulting, Andrew is inspired by and committed to leading a global team pushes the boundaries for the profession by offering thinking, tooling, services and people that are truly best-in-class.  His market focus is on increasing the relevance of and value delivered by internal audit both in the boardroom and across the clients he serves.

Andrew is a frequent speaker at local and national events and is heavily involved in many of Protiviti’s major thought leadership pieces.  He has served as a speaker on Protiviti and partner webinars, as well as various conferences in the US and overseas, and is often quoted in articles as well as industry and professional publications.  Andrew has long served on the Board of his local IIA Chapter and has also served on Non-Profit Boards and served on Advisory Committees covering topics including cyber security and corporate governance
 

 
Gordon Braun CIA, CISA, CGEIT
Managing Director
Protiviti
Gordon Braun is a Managing Director at Protiviti where he leads the Protiviti Twin Cities market.  For over twenty years, Mr. Braun has been providing risk consulting services across several industries.  He is an active leader of Protiviti’s Central Area Internal Audit and Financial Advisory practice and has a particular focus on assisting clients with the assessment and management of business risks associated with the deployment and maintenance of technology.  Mr. Braun has served as an engagement leader on multiple outsourced and co-sourced internal audit engagements.  He has lead multiple Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives and has consulted with more than a dozen organizations on establishing or enhancing their Enterprise Risk Management capabilities.  Before joining Protiviti, Mr. Braun was with Arthur Andersen for three years.  He earned his B.A. in English and Computer Applications from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  Mr. Braun has presented at many chapters of NACD, FEI, IIA and ISACA, at national and international conferences, and multiple universities across the Midwest. He also currently serves on multiple non-profit boards.