We are excited to announce the candidates for the upcoming IIA Belgium Board Elections for the term 2024-2027. The board plays a crucial role in shaping the future of our organization, and your participation in choosing the next board is essential.
- A comprehensive document detailing the main objectives for becoming a member of the Governing Body and the major project of each candidate is available for download here.
- Watch the introductory videos from each candidate. This is a great way to hear directly from the candidates about their plans and aspirations for the future of our organization.
Election schedule & eligibility to vote
- The Board Elections will be conducted through online voting, available from May 23 to May 27, 2024.
- Please note that only members who are registered for the General Assembly, scheduled for May 28, 2024, will be eligible to vote.
This year, the General Assembly will be held both virtually and in-person, providing all our members the flexibility to participate regardless of their location.
Peter De Troyer
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| Contribute to the Risk Mitigation Strategies on different levels and within different environments. |
Filip Hons
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Gudrun Glorieux
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| DRIVING IA INNOVATION WITH AI A game changer for small audit shops
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Sofie Pollet
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| I strongly believe in the importance of communication on internal audit practices, as to enhance internal audit success. Therefore, as a Board member, I would like to contribute to advocating the internal audit profession to Boards, regulators, governments and students.
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An Vanderhulst
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| Many audit departments currently operate below their potential and fail to fully realize their added value within their organizations. I believe that the IIA, can contribute to inspiring and equipping internal audit teams with leading insights, empowering them to excel and make meaningful impacts within their respective organizations. The project I would like to realize is to enrich the offering (hands-on workshops and toolboxes) of IIA Belgium in this context by working closer together with other IIA member firms internationally. |
Robert Kay
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BCG: Build, Connect, Grow
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Vera Vanderheyden
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Nicolas Denewet
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| Further develop collaboration with related institutions and stakeholders (e.g., Guberna, ECIIA, ISACA Belgium, academia, etc.). |
Marie-Hélène Billwatsch
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Maarten Van Knippenberg
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| Fraud risks are often less represented in the risk register or internal audit approach. Going forward however, they will become even more important (e.g. fraud risks in view of ESG reporting). Integrating these risks into the audit plan and every internal audit will be highly necessary. My objectives would therefore be:
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Eveline Cardon
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WHY? I want to contribute to the development and success of the internal audit community by enabling auditors – including myself - and other actors within audit departments to look for solutions or possible enhancements in their work. HOW? By creating a platform:
| Project regarding ‘large audit departments’ that wants to offer a platform to auditors that cannot join the Small Audit Shops, the CAE Community or are too experienced to join the Young Professionals Community. The aim is to create a platform for these auditors AND to ensure bridges are built with the existing communities to ensure all members of IIA Bel get as much valuable information and inspiration as possible. |
Nicolas Lecomte
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| Champion the adoption of the New Global Internal Audit Standards by raising awareness, fostering collaborative workgroups, organizing educational programs and, through connections with international counterparts, exchange best practices. |
Peter De Koninck
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In the movie “Lucy” (2014), Morgan Freeman’s character shares an intriguing perspective on life and learning “Since the very beginning the sole purpose of life has been to pass on what was learned.” This idea highlights the fundamental role of knowledge accumulation and transmission throughout the evolution of life.
30+ years in the profession, mostly with a critical service provider in the center of the financial ecosystem, allowed me to gain insights and understanding, and I feel it is my responsibility to pass that knowledge on, contributing to the collective growth of the profession. I have done so in the past with ISACA and am looking forward to do the same with IIA Belgium, albeit at Board level. Besides contributing to the profession, I am also hoping to engage with the audit community and consider this a wonderful opportunity for multilateral learning and development. | In tandem with my fellow board members, I will strive to promote risk and control practices as an integral part of higher education curricula in Belgium and promote the audit profession as a valuable career path. I will aim to build or complete an overview of coverage of auditing, and endeavor to enhance that, ultimately leading to a better, more consistently trained future workforce. This will elevate the interaction with auditors to the benefit of the respective organisations.
Linked to this I will also be keen to promote active participation in continuous learning, motivating the membership to make their training needs know to IIA, and get involved. |
Frank Plingers
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| Reassess the training strategy of IIA to remain relevant and competitive in an environment with increased competition. |
Sarah Vanpeperstraete
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| Strengthening member engagement: supporting/creating initiatives to engage existing members more but also attract new members such as networking, webinars, knowledge-sharing, mentorship, partnerships with universities,…. |