Garrett Wade

ProfileExecutive level business advisory professional and chief auditor at several high-profile public companies. Over 15 years as a Chief Audit Executive in increasingly large organizations; and over 30 years of total experience with a emphasis on business partnership, process improvement and corporate compliance. Primarily focused on Management achievement of strategic objectives without losing sight of compliance with relevant laws and regulations. Significant achievements in relationship building and influencing bold outcomes. Delivered appropriate, relevant, and concise updates to Board of Directors and Audit Committees. Always focused on risks that matter, emerging risk identification, and delivering appropriate advice and guidance to senior executives. Proven history of building and leading high performing teams, creating a vision for high achievement of functional goals while supporting overall corporate objectives. High level of adaptability to changing risk landscape and current business and management needs. Career Highlights- Highly experienced Chief Audit Executive having implemented and led several internal audit functions of increasing size and scope- Known for building and leading high performing teams and migrating legacy internal audit functions to more agile / adaptable models including expanding use of technology in audit work- Executive sponsor for Board committees (Audit and Risk Committees) including development and ownership of agenda and reporting- Overseen multi-year remediation of several material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting- Overseen third-party independent compliance programs (e.g. – FTC consent, SOC1/2, etc.)- Implemented global FCPA due-diligence program covering country risk assessment, partner background investigations, and internal and external training- Deep technology industry expertise including among others: platform / ad-tech, software / cloud, hardware, distribution, partner and channel management, license and royalties & EMS / contract manufacturing- Assessing the transformative potential of GenAI to increase risk coverage and gain efficiencies in audit processes including several current test cases / proofs of concept