Professor Elam

Tuesday Oct 25, 2016

This article highlights the growing importance of the Chief Audit Executive.

I have highlighted internal auditing in class as a fast growing career path in accounting. Here is more evidence that this is indeed the case.

The article notes that a CAE who reports to management may well be stymied. The article notes that David Julian was the CAE at WFC. But he played no role in uncovering the creation

of unwanted accounts leading to the resignation of CEO Stumpf.