IIA NZ June Newsletter
IIA NZ Board Elections
At the Institutes AGM held last Friday (29 May), two new Board members were elected and one re-elected to fill the three vacancies on the Board. Seven nominations were received: Jessie Du Preez, Sonja Healy, Yoonyoung (YY) Lee, Willie Loh, Bernie McKendrey, Mark Maloney and Grace Nunn.
It is with pleasure to announce that Bernie McKendrey, YY Lee and
Grace Nunn have been elected to the National Board. The By-Laws state that the Board comprise up to 7 directors elected by the membership with the ability to co-opt up to 3 additional directors. The Board are cognisant of the need to have a geographic representation of the membership and as such have co-opted Sonja Healy from Ashburton to the Board.
Many of the achievements over the past four years would not have occurred without the dedication and enthusiasm of Shaun Dowers who has been a Board member for the past four and served as a co-opted member prior to his election. Shaun's role as Treasurer has been invaluable over the years and he has consented to remain on the Board in this role as a co-opted member for the next year.
The 2020- 2021 Board of Directors are Victoria Craig, Shaun Dowers,
Stewart Glynn, Sonja Healy, YY Lee, Bernie McKendrey, Grace Nunn,
Deb Peach and James Rees-Thomas.
This coming year will be challenging for both the Board and Institute to develop deeper relationships with our existing members while expanding the range of services to create a more compelling reason for other professionals to join. With the ever-changing landscape, especially that imposed upon us by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has never been so important for the internal auditor to have an organisation to fall back on to provide support and assistance.
IIA NZ Annual Report
A copy of the 2019 Annual Report can be accessed by clicking here.
Proxy for Changes to The IIA's Bylaws
As a global organisation representing more than 200,000 members in over 170 countries and territories, it is critically important for The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) to maintain effective and efficient governance practices.
Since the Supervisory Committee serves in an advisory capacity and not that of a managing board, the Global Nominating Committee (GNC) recommends changes to the Bylaws, Article X, Section 3, to remove the ineligibility period impacting the Audit Committee.
View the proposed changes
Access member proxy
A global membership vote on the Bylaws changes will be conducted during The IIA's 2020 Annual Business Meeting to be conducted virtually on 23 July. Since this will be a virtual meeting, you may vote on these changes by submitting your signed Proxy no later than 8 July 2020 (at 11:59 pm).
As a member of The IIA, your vote on the proposed Bylaws is of the utmost importance. Please review the Bylaws changes and submit your member proxy vote.
Training & Events
There are plenty of events happening in June including:
Christchurch Networking Forum - Climate Change
SOPAC Online - The SOPAC® Online Conference will feature a selection of keynote and technical sessions with the programme structured into four distinct segments. This gives you the flexibility to select topic areas of most interest to you.
TechTalks are 60 minute sessions focusing on practical approaches to internal audits of various kinds as well as the application of current assurance strategies and methodologies. 'Assurance Mapping', 'Hacked - lessons learned from the front line', and 'Auditing third party outsourcing arrangements' are just a few of the TechTalks on offer.
AML - details on the next Special Interest Group and online training will be announced in the coming days.
For further information on the above and all upcoming events, see our
Events Calendar.
Also, visit our News page for the newly released IPPF Guidance, our feedback on the OAG Draft Annual Plan 2020 - 2021, and more.
Considerations for IT Disruptions
The latest issue in the IIA Bulletin is available. Pandemics: Considerations for IT Disruptions asks questions that can help assess your organisation's cyber vulnerability during the COVID-19 crisis. This bulletin focuses on cyber risks including zero-day exploits and offers IIA resources to help protect your organisation. Learn how internal auditors can identify and minimise potential threats to the organisation including a full assessment of IT resources, priorities, and focus.
How Comprehensive is Your Cyber Security Assurance?
Researchers from the University of Queensland, Australia, the University of Split, Croatia, and the Slovenian Institute of Internal Auditors designed a survey measuring:
- How comprehensive your assurance of cyber security risk is?
- And which industry, organisations and individual factors positively affect it?
The survey is designed to be completed by IT Auditors from organisations in various sectors. If your organisation does not employ IT Auditors, then the Chief Audit Executive is the right person to complete this 20-minute survey. You are eligible even if you outsource or co-source cyber security audits. The survey is anonymous. The national Institutes of Internal Auditors and ISACA in 20 countries from Europe, Australia, USA, Israel and New Zealand have agreed to participate in this study by promoting it among their members.
What is your take-away? By completing the survey, you will get your score on how comprehensive cyber security assurance is in your organisation. Once the survey is completed by all participants, you will be sent a Report that will allow you to compare your score with scores of cyber security assurance of various countries and sectors. Moreover, it will include the analysis of factors that positively affect cyber security assurance.
To participate, please click here.
To receive the Report, click the link at the end of the online survey and provide your email address. Responses in the survey and email addresses will not be linked to ensure that data related to the survey are non-identifiable.
(This study adheres to the Guidelines of the ethical review process of The University of Queensland and the Australian National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (Ethics Coordinators: +617 3365 3924; email humanethics@research.uq.edu.au)).
Certification Candidate Management System Exam Cancellation or Reschedule Fee Waiver
IIA Global has acknowledged that some certification candidates are experiencing issues with the Certification Candidate Management System (CCMS). Their IT team has put this on a high priority and is working to implement solutions to resolve these incidents.
Due to the inconvenience this may have caused to those certification candidates who wish to cancel or reschedule their exam, there has been an extended fee waiver to 30 June 2020. You are encouraged to complete their cancellation or reschedule by this date to avoid any fees.
Transparency International New Zealand
Pacific nations have done a phenomenal job in preventing COVID-19 outbreaks. But corruption and inequality remain huge issues in the region. The latest newsletter by Transparency International New Zealand looks at Pacific anti-corruption initiatives, with reports also from Papua New Guinea and Fiji. There is also an article on the New Zealand community archives.
We are pleased to partner with TINZ on sharing our respective messages.
