Reyes Fuentes Ortea, CIA, CRMA, CCSA

Reyes Fuentes Ortea is the 2025-26 Director, Global Research on the Global Board of Directors of The IIA. Before joining The IIA as a Director, she was a member of The IIA Spain Board and a Trustee of the Internal Audit Foundation.

Reyes has over 20 years of experience in internal audit, corporate governance, and risk management. She is skilled in optimizing global member services, improving stakeholder collaboration, and working with a robust volunteer network. She currently leads the internal audit and risk management functions at Aleatica, a pure transport infrastructure operator, originally from Australia, with a presence in Europe and Latin America. Prior to Aleatica, Reyes worked as an external auditor in KPMG and has held senior roles in internal audit, risk management, and compliance in several Spanish-listed companies from the technology and hospitality sectors.

Reyes is a well-known conference speaker and instructor at IIA seminars and conferences across the globe. She has published articles in technical magazines and collaborated on the translation to Spanish of COSO Guidance for Smaller Public Companies. Additionally, she has participated in the publication of The IIA’s Internal Audit and Fraud, The Internal Auditor as Trusted Advisor, and 2022 Internal Audit: A Global View.

Reyes earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from the Universidad de Oviedo and her PhD in Business/Managerial Economics. She is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Informational Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Quality Assurance Review Technician (QAR), Certified in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), Certified in Control Self-Assessment (CCSA), Advanced Risk Management Practitioner (RIMAP), Certified ESG Analyst, and holds an Internal Control certificate from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO/COSO ERM).