Board of Directors 

 

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International President Kenneth L. Vander Wal  International President Kenneth L. Vander Wal, CISA, CPA, is a retired national partner in the Technology and Security Risk Services practice of Ernst & Young, where he was responsible for the firm’s global TSRS quality and risk management program. With more than 40 years of IT experience, he has worked in multiple areas of information systems in a variety of industries, including systems development, systems programming, project management, quality assurance, IT auditing and systems security. Before joining Ernst & Young in 1979, Vander Wal worked at the Pentagon, where he developed systems to support the Department of Army staff, and for a computer software company in a systems technical support role. He is a coauthor of IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley, 2nd Edition, published by ITGI, and serves on ISACA’s Governance Advisory Council and Strategic Advisory Council. He is a past member of the ISACA Guidance and Practices Committee, Knowledge Board, and Professional Issues and Advocacy Task Force. He was international vice president of ISACA from 2007-2011.
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Christos K. Dimitriadis International Vice President Christos K. Dimitriadis, CISA, CISM, is the head of information security at INTRALOT S.A., a Greece-based multinational supplier of integrated gaming and transaction processing systems, and manages information security in more than 50 countries in all continents. He is a member of ISACA’s COBIT Security Task Force and has served as chair of ISACA’s External Relations Committee and member of the Relations Board, Academic Relations Committee, ISACA Journal Editorial Committee and Business Model for Information Security Work Group. Dimitriadis has worked in information security for 11 years and has authored 70 security-related publications. He has provided information security services to the International Telecommunication Union, European Commission Directorate Generals, European Ministries and international organizations, as well as business consulting services to entrepreneurial companies.
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Gregory T. Grocholski, CISA International Vice President Gregory Grocholski, CISA, is corporate auditor at The Dow Chemical Company, where he is responsible for independently assessing the adequacy of accounting, financial and operating controls of Dow’s global operations. In this role, Grocholski has responsibility for corporate auditing, fraud investigative services and contract auditing. In addition, he is a standing ad hoc member of Dow’s global and regional ethics and compliance committees. Grocholski is also chair of ISACA’s Finance Committee and member of ISACA’s Audit Committee and Professional Influence and Advocacy Committee, and is a past chair of ISACA’s Assurance Committee and Knowledge Board. He is a board member of the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, vice president of Michigan Baseball Operations and a member of Northwood University’s Accounting Advisory Council.
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Director Tony Hayes, CPA

 International Vice President Tony Hayes, CGEIT, AFCHSE, CHE, FACS, FCPA, FIIA, is appointed associate director-general of the Department of Communities in the Queensland Government, Australia. He has extensive experience across the Queensland public sector at the senior level in various departments such as the former Public Service Board and Queensland Health. Hayes has been a member of ISACA since 2003 and has served on several ISACA committees, including the IT Governance Committee. He is currently a member of ISACA’s Strategic Advisory Council and chair of the Relations Board. Hayes is also a member of the Business Information Systems Advisory Committee for the School of Business at the University of Queensland.
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Niraj Kapasi International Vice President Niraj Kapasi, CISA, FCA, is auditor and director for Kapasi Bangad Tech Consulting Pvt. Ltd., and partner of M/s Kapasi Bangad & Co., Chartered Accountants. He is chair of ISACA’s India Task Force and a member of ISACA’s Audit Committee, and has served as a member of ISACA’s Membership Growth and Retention Committee. He is also a past president of ISACA Hyderabad Chapter and is a regular faculty at CISA Review classes held by the chapter. Kapasi was also senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hyderabad, India, in the Systems and Process Assurance Group (2006-2008).
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Jeff Spivey International Vice President Jeff M. Spivey, CRISC, CPP, PSP, is director of Security Risk Management Inc. (SRM) in North Carolina, USA, providing strategic security risk consulting to Fortune 500 companies and international organizations. Spivey is also a vice president with RiskIQ, identifying online threats to business using real-time intelligent risk assessments. He is a member of the US State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), and serves on the Advisory Board for the National Center for Judicial Security of the US Department of Justice. Spivey is a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance and a past president and past chairman of the board for ASIS International. He is also a co-chair of ISACA’s External Relations Committee, member of ISACA’s Knowledge Management Task Force and a past trustee of the IT Governance Institute.
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Jo Stewart Rattray

 International Vice President Jo Stewart-Rattray, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CSEPS, is director of information security at RSM Bird Cameron. She is past president of the ISACA Adelaide Chapter, chair of ISACA’s Leadership Development Committee, member of the COBIT Security Task Force and past chair of the Security Management Committee. Stewart-Rattray has 24 years of experience in the IT field, some of which were spent as CIO in the utilities space, and 15 in the information security arena. She was a member of CIGRE’s international working group B5.38 which assessed information security risks in power system operations within SCADA systems and the implementation of appropriate controls.
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 Allan Boardman Director Allan Boardman, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CA (SA), CISSP, is information risk manager at Morgan Stanley. He began his career with Deloitte in Cape Town and has more than 30 years of experience in IT audit, risk, security and consultancy roles at companies such as JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Marks and Spencer, and the London Stock Exchange. He is a past president of the ISACA London Chapter and has served on the British Computer Society’s Information Risk Management and Audit committee. He has also served on ISACA’s CISM Certification Committee (last two years as chair), the Credentialing Board and the Leadership Development Committee. He currently chairs ISACA’s Credentialing Board and is a member of its Strategic Advisory Council.
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 Marc Vael Director Marc Vael, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, is chief audit executive at Smals, a large Belgian IT organization with more than 1,800 people working for the Belgian federal government. He has more than 15 years of experience in evaluating, designing, implementing and monitoring solutions on risk and information security management, incident and business continuity management, data protection/privacy, and IT audit. An ISACA member for more than 15 years, Vael is also vice president of the ISACA Belgium Chapter, chair of ISACA’s Cloud Computing Task Force and Knowledge Board, member of ISACA’s Strategic Advisory Council, and past chair of the ISACA Communities Committee. He has been a visiting lecturer at Antwerp Management School (AMS) since 1997 and a deputy member of the Flemish Privacy Commission since 2010. In his spare time, Vael runs marathons and has successfully finished 10 official marathons, including the Big 5 (New York, Chicago, Boston, London and Berlin).
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Past International President Emil D’Angelo  Past International President Emil D’Angelo, CISA, CISM, is managing director (retired) at the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, New Jersey, USA, where he is responsible for information security, disaster recovery, audit liaison and IT compliance for Headquarters America (HQA). With more than 25 years in the financial services industry, he began his career in security and audit at Deloitte & Touche, where he worked on the development of the company’s audit software and spent 10 years in the management services division. He also worked at Chase, where he coordinated the global security and business continuity program, and at Marsh, where he established a security and business continuity program. A member of ISACA for more than 30 years, D’Angelo has been actively involved with the association, serving on its Strategic Advisory Council and Governance Advisory Board, chairing the Security Management Committee, and serving as an ISACA director. He is a recipient of ISACA’s Eugene Frank Award, presented by the board of directors for outstanding contributions to ISACA or ITGI.
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Past International President Lynn Lawton, CISA, FBCS CITP, FCA, FIIA 

 Past International President Lynn Lawton, CISA, FBCS CITP, FCA, FIIA, is responsible for risk management in KPMG’s Advisory function in the CIS. She has more than 20 years of experience providing IT assurance services and security advice across a range of industries. A member of ISACA for more than 20 years, Lawton has served on the North of England UK Chapter Board for 10 years, including six years as chapter president. She also served on ISACA’s global Standards Board for four years, prior to chairing it for two years, and set up and chaired ISACA’s Governmental and Regulatory Agencies Board for three years and its Assurance Committee for one year. In addition, she was a vice president of ISACA’s International Board from 1999 to 2002, and returned to the International Board as an appointed director of ISACA in 2006. She was international president of ISACA from 2007-2009 and is currently a member of ISACA’s Strategic Advisory Council. She is also a trustee of The University Women’s Club in London.
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Susan M. Caldwell, chief executive officer and corporate secretary of ISACA and ITGI Susan M. Caldwell is chief executive officer and corporate secretary of ISACA and the IT Governance Institute (ITGI). Since 1992, she has been responsible for directing the organizations' pursuit of helping IT professionals and enterprises around the world achieve trust in, and value from, information systems. For more than 25 years, Caldwell has been a CEO of national and international research, trade and professional organizations, representing a range of industries..