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Grant Thornton names Beatrix Bernauer as chief risk and compliance officer
February 25, 2021 GMT
CHICAGO (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 25, 2021
Grant Thornton LLP has named Beatrix Bernauer as its chief risk and compliance officer, a new role at the firm.
In the role, she will design and execute the firm’s enterprise-risk management program and practices, including frameworks and methodologies to support effective risk identification, assessment, mitigation and monitoring.
Bernauer, a principal in the firm, has served as Grant Thornton’s chief compliance officer for the past three years establishing standards, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, as well as the firm’s own requirements. She has also led the firm’s data-privacy program and sustainability-reporting program. In her new role, she will continue to oversee these important areas and also ret
The Anti-Fraud Collaboration issued a new report Tuesday on the most common financial statement fraud themes noted in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions between January 2014 and June 2019. The study’s objective was to identify the areas of higher fraud risk and provide insights for those responsible for financial reporting.
The report, “Mitigating the Risk of Common Fraud Schemes: Insights from SEC Enforcement Actions,” analyzed 204 enforcement actions related to financial statement frauds, from which 140 fraud schemes were identified. Its findings and commentary on fraud deterrence and detection are particularly timely because of the increased risk of financial reporting fraud amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Grant Thornton elects two new Partnership Board members
December 11, 2020 GMT
CHICAGO (BUSINESS WIRE) Dec 11, 2020
Grant Thornton LLP’s partners and principals have elected two new members to the firm’s Partnership Board, which helps guide the governance of the partnership and determine the firm’s direction. New members include:
Doreen Griffith, office managing partner for Dallas (based in Dallas).
Catherine Hyodo, office managing partner for Los Angeles (based in Los Angeles).
In addition, three current board members have been re-elected to new three-year terms: