Risk Management
Wednesday, February 22th, 2011

This four-hour program will cover implementation of a reallife risk management framework, where risk management is today, and internal audit’s role in the future.

The answers to these and other questions will be addressed in this informative, interactive and real-life seminar:

1. Why do we constantly hear about financial calamities caused by lack of appropriate enterprise risk management?

2. What is ERM anyhow?

3. What are the basic building blocks of a successful enterprise risk management process?

4. How one local company has used ERM to identify and take action on emerging risks?

5. What is my role as auditor in enterprise risk management?

Results of a recent job-analysis survey (related to The IIA’s Certified Internal Auditor designation) as well as recent stakeholder surveys strongly support the need for the internal audit activity to be involved in an organization’s risk and governance processes.

Internal auditing’s role in these areas continues to evolve. The IIA Research Foundation whitepaper Internal Auditing’s Role in Risk Management and The IIA position paper The Role of Internal Auditing in Enterprise-wide Risk Management both indicate a directional shift: internal audit activities are increasingly involved in helping organizations improve their risk management.

Speaker

Howard L. Atkinson, EVP of Risk Management Division NBT Bancorp Inc.

Howard has been a member of the executive management team at NBT Bancorp in Norwich, New York since 2008. NBT Bancorp is a publicly traded bank holding company, operating in four states, with assets of $5.5 billion and 1,600 employees. Howard’s responsibilities include managing the internal audit, loan review, regulatory compliance, physical security, insurance, and ERM functions.

Previous roles have included that of Chief Auditor at Chittenden Corporation in Burlington, Vermont, a publicly traded US multi-bank holding company, and Director of Internal Control at the Bank of Ireland First Holdings, Inc. in Manchester, New Hampshire. Howard also previously worked for Ernst & Young as an Audit Partner.

Howard received his B.B.A. with a major in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts; he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and chair of the Audit Committee of The Orchard Foundation, a non-profit engaged in managing charitable trusts and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of Chenango Memorial Hospital, Inc., in Norwich.

Gregg E. Anderson, CIA, Director Crowe Horwath LLPHorwath LLP

Gregg leverages his 26 years of professional experience in risk management, compliance, operational and technology consulting. His expertise includes:

 program management
 project management
 IT strategy
 process design
 software evaluation
 software implementation
 application development

Gregg applies his diverse program-management expertise to assist clients in the development of compliance, enterprise risk management (ERM) and sustainability programs. He is a champion for ERM and has responsibilities for developing thought leadership, frameworks, and consulting tools across Crowe’s diverse client base. When not working with clients, Gregg facilitates roundtables and workshops and is a frequent speaker across the country.

Gregg received his B.S. in Applied Science, Systems Analysis, from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He holds multiple certifications, including the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and serves on the Board of Governors of the West Chicago Chapter of The IIA.

10:15 - 12:15 Program (first half)