Fraud risk management: Insights from audit committees

Mike is an Audit & Assurance managing director with more than 30 years of audit and advisory experience. Currently, Mike serves in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Fraud Risk Center where he assists in evaluating the risk of fraud in financial statement audits. He also evaluates the completeness and objectivity of third-party investigations impacting Deloitte & Touche LLP’s audit clients. Prior to joining the Audit & Assurance business, Mike spent 16 years with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP where he was the leader of the financial services industry’s fraud and forensics business. In that role, he was involved in investigative, forensic, and regulatory compliance advisory projects. He also participated in investigative and operational/compliance projects as well as regulatory investigations involving derivative financial instruments, pension plans, banks, hedge funds, private equity firms and mutual funds. Mike has written, presented, and spoken on topics such as audit risk, fraud, corruption, and other risk and regulatory matters impacting the financial services, energy & resources, consumer products, and professional and intercollegiate athletics industries. He has been quoted in the media on topics relating to fraud and financial crime, and the impact on business profits and reputation. Mike has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a registered CPA in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He is also an adjunct accounting professor at the Girard School of Business at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.