Conference and Speaker Services

John is very happy to deliver shorter talks and sessions at internal audit, governance or risk management conferences, networking events, seminars or webinars. He also organises, chairs and facilitates these events. Pretty well.

Unlike many speakers, he almost never charges a fee for this, but will usually want his travel and subsistence expenses covered.

He's a cheap (but fun) date.

But he does get booked up in advance, so do get in touch sooner rather than later!

Future and Previous Conference and Speaker Sessions

John's forthcoming speaker events currently include:

  • PIKW 25th GRC Conference, Krakow, Poland, September 2026. Panellist on "Communicating difficult messages effectively."  
  • Police Audit Group, Warwick, November 2026. Speaker. "Key lessons for internal audit from external quality assessments."
  • Ministry of Finance, Republic of Poland, December 2026. Panellist. "Public Internal Control and Internal Audit".
  • Institute of Internal Auditors, Ireland, Conference, May 2027. TBD

Some of John’s speaker sessions from the last few years (or so!) include:   

2026                                      

  • IIA Denmark Conference, June 2026, Copenhagen. Speaker. "Courageous Assurance: After all, what's the worst that could happen to us?!"
  • CIPFA Head of Internal Audit Summit, May 2026, Belton. Speaker. "Professional Standards: looking ahead."
  • Council for Higher Education Internal Auditors, London, April 2026. Keynote Speaker. "The Standards One Year On - Lessons, Opportunities and Challenges."
  • ProMoney Audit Leadership Forum, April 2026, Warsaw, Poland. Keynote Keynote Speaker. "Courageous Assurance: Being bold, being brave and conforming with the GIAS™!"
  • Chartered IIA, North West Region, January 2026, Speaker. Internal Audit Awareness session with Lancaster University's Accounting Society.

2025

  • IIA Malta, December 2025, online seminar. "Don't forget the human dimension! How to audit HR and People Risk."
  • IIA Luxembourg Conference, October 2025. Speaker. "Courageous Assurance: being bold and brave...and conforming with the GIAS™!"
  • Council for Higher Education Internal Auditors, online seminar, September 2025, UK. Speaker. "Demystifying External Quality Assessments."
  • IIA Norway Conference, May 2025, Oslo. Speaker. "Courageous Assurance: after all, what's the worst that could happen to us?!"
  • IIA Albania and North Macedonia Conference, May 2025, Tirana. Speaker. "Integrating Assurance: Better Coordination and Reliance across the Three Lines."
  • IIA Sweden and the GRC 2025 Conference, April 2025, Stockholm. Speaker. "To Boldly Go: Courageous Internal Auditing."
  • IIA Sweden and the GRC 2025 Conference, April 2025, Stockholm. Speaker. "Navigating the Global Internal Audit Standards™ - overcoming the practical implementation challenges."
  • ISACA Warsaw, Poland, February 2025, online seminar. Speaker. "Don't forget the human dimension! How to audit HR and People Risk." If you wish, you can watch this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_M0M23mkc
  • IIA Armenia, January 2025, panel discussion. "Insights into the new Global Internal Audit Standards™."
  • NATO Internal Audit Conference, January 2025, Luxembourg, Speaker. "Insights into the new Global Internal Audit Standards™."

2024

  • IIA Poland, December 2024, online seminar. Co-Speaker. "GIAS™: the Standards strike back!" 
  • PIKW 23rd GRC Conference, Cracow, Poland, September 2024. Speaker. "People, our greatest asset? How to audit HR and People Risk."
  • OECD, September 2024, online seminar. Speaker. "The new Global Internal Audit Standards™: Performing Internal Audit Services."
  • Council for Higher Education Internal Auditors, online Conference, September 2024, UK. Speaker. "Navigating the new Global Internal Audit Standards™."
  • OECD, July 2024, online seminar. Speaker. "The new Global Internal Audit Standards™: Managing Internal Audit."
  • Chartered IIA Aspire Event, July 2024, online seminar. Panel speaker. "Navigating Ethical Challenges."
  • OECD, May 2024, online seminar. Speaker. "The new Global Internal Audit Standards™: Governing Internal Audit."
  • IIA Sweden GRC Conference, April 2024, Stockholm. Speaker. "People, our greatest asset? How to audit HR and People Risk."
  • OECD, March 2024, online seminar. Speaker. "The new Global Internal Audit Standards™: Ethics and Professionalism."
  • Police Audit Group, March 2024, online seminar. Speaker. "Navigating the new Global Internal Audit Standards™.
  • OECD and the Institute of Internal Auditors, February 2024, online seminar. Speaker. "The new Global Internal Audit Standards™: A Practitioner's Perspective."

2023

  • Chartered IIA Scotland Conference, November 2023, UK. Speaker. "The New Global Internal Audit Standards™: Raising the bar? A Personal View."
  • International Defence Internal Audit Conference, October 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria. Chair and Speaker. "The new Global Internal Audit Standards™.”
  • Internal Auditors Association, UAE, May 2023, online seminar, UAE. Speaker. "Auditing ESG: A strategic overview.
  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, South West, Conference, May 2023, Bristol, UK. Co-Organiser and Chair.

2022

  • Mazars, December 2022, online seminar, UK. Panel speaker. "The role of the local government audit committee."
  • Slovenian Institute of Internal Audit, November 2022, Conference in Lasko, Slovenia. Keynote speaker. "The internal auditor of the future: it's a world of opportunity out there!"
  • Police Audit Group, November 2022 Conference at Warwick University, UK. Speaker. "Being a courageous internal auditor; after all what's the worst that could happen?!"

2021

  • Police Audit Group, November 2021 Conference, online, UK. Speaker. "Auditing Culture: an overview."
  • Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, April 2021, seminar, Dubai. Speaker. "Internal Control: Principles and Practices."
  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, Ireland, March 2021, Conference, Ireland. Speaker. "Auditing Human Resources and People Risk."
  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, Scotland, March 2021, seminar, UK. Speaker. "Auditing Digital: a brief overview."

2020

  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, South West, Conference, December 2020, Bristol, UK. Co-Organiser and Chair.
  • INGO Heads of Internal Audit Group, UK, November 2020, seminar. Speaker. "Effective Internal Audit Leadership."
  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, UK and Ireland, Aspire Network, November 2020, online seminar, UK. Panel speaker. "Career progression in internal audit."
  • Institute of Internal Auditors, Bulgaria, November 2020, Conference, online, Sofia. Speaker, "Mandate Fraud: How to lose £2.6m and get promoted."
  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, New Heads of Internal Audit Group, October 2020, online seminar, UK. Speaker. "With the benefit of hindsight: My experiences as a Head of Internal Audit and what I would have done differently."

2019

  • International Defence Internal Audit Conference, September 2019, Yerevan, Armenia. Co-Organiser and Chair.
  • Council for Higher Education Internal Auditors, Cranfield Business School, Conference, September 2019, UK. Speaker. "Learning from experience: mandate fraud."
  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, South West, Conference, May 2019, Bristol, UK. Co-Organiser and Chair.
  • Institute of Internal Auditors, Lithuania, April 2019, Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. Speaker. "Mandate Fraud: How to lose £2.6m and get promoted."

2018

  • International Defence Internal Audit Conference, September 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia. Co-Organiser and Chair.
  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors, South West, Conference, May 2018, Bristol, UK. Co-Organiser and Chair.

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