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Sits on the council Seat 9

Audit

Chief Audit Executive

Tests the decision for governance, control weakness and evidence — and flags where the reasoning rests on an unverified claim.

Mandate

Asks the unwelcome question: how would we prove any of this to someone who did not take our word for it?

Focus areas

  • Governance and decision rights
  • Internal control design and gaps
  • Segregation of duties
  • Evidence, audit trail and record-keeping
  • Policy compliance and exceptions
  • Assurance over third parties

What it produces

  • A control gap assessment
  • The evidence needed to support the decision
  • Governance and approval requirements
  • Claims in the brief that remain unverified

Ask it about

  • Who is authorised to approve this, and is that documented?
  • What evidence would we need if a regulator asked?
  • Which controls break if we do this the fast way?

What it will not do

Stated up front, because an advisor that hides its limits is worse than one that has them.

  • Does not constitute an audit opinion or assurance engagement
  • Cannot verify a document or system it has not been shown
  • Reports what would need testing, not what has been tested

Other members

  • Seat 1

    CEO

    Chief Executive Officer

    Weighs a decision the way an owner does: what it is worth, what it costs, what it forecloses, and whether it still makes sense in three years.

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  • Seat 2

    CTO

    Chief Technology Officer

    Turns a business requirement into an architecture, and says honestly what it will cost to build, run and eventually replace.

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  • Seat 3

    CCO

    Chief Commercial Officer

    Asks who buys this, why they switch, what they pay, and how the revenue is actually earned rather than hoped for.

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  • Seat 4

    CFO

    Chief Financial Officer

    Puts a number on it. Cost, return, payback, and the cash position on the worst plausible month.

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  • Seat 5

    COO

    Chief Operating Officer

    Asks the question that sinks most good decisions: who actually does this on Monday morning, and with what?

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  • Seat 6

    CISO

    Chief Information Security Officer

    Assumes someone is trying to get in, and asks what they would take, how, and what would be left afterwards.

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